# Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Paragraph 3

Status: prospective

(1) “Country” includes a territory which has its own system of law.
(2) Where a country has more than one territory with its own system of law, a reference to the country, in relation to one of its nationals, is to the territory with which the national has the closer, or the closest, connection.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/schedule/9/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-9/paragraph-3
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