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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-5/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "nia/2016/18",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies if under section 113 the court makes an order or gives directions requiring or authorising a person (“the authorised person”) to execute a will on behalf of P.\n(2) Any will executed in pursuance of the order or direction—\n(a) must state that it is signed by P acting by the authorised person;\n(b) must be signed by the authorised person with the name of P and the authorised person's own name, in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time;\n(c) must be attested and subscribed by those witnesses in the presence of the authorised person; and\n(d) must be sealed with the official seal of the court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/schedule/5/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:54.781348+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}