# Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Paragraph 19

Status: prospective

(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies if the court determines under section 111(1) that a lasting power of attorney contains a provision which—
(a) is ineffective as part of a lasting power of attorney; or
(b) prevents the instrument from operating as a valid lasting power of attorney.
(2) The court must—
(a) notify the Public Guardian that it has severed the provision; or
(b) direct the Public Guardian to cancel the registration of the instrument as a lasting power of attorney.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/schedule/4/paragraph/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-4/paragraph-19
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