# Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Paragraph 23

Status: prospective

(1) An interested person may apply to the court for a declaration as to whether a protective measure taken under the law of, and enforceable in, a country other than Northern Ireland is enforceable, or to be registered, in Northern Ireland.
(2) The court must make the declaration if—
(a) the measure comes within sub-paragraph (1) or (2) of paragraph 20; and
(b) the paragraph is not disapplied in relation to it as a result of sub-paragraph (3), (4) or (5) of that paragraph.
(3) A measure to which a declaration under this paragraph relates is enforceable in Northern Ireland as if it were a measure of like effect taken by the court.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/schedule/9/paragraph/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-9/paragraph-23
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