{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-115",
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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": "section/115",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "115",
  "heading": "Section 113 powers: property and affairs",
  "text": "(1) The powers under section 113 as respects P's property and affairs extend in particular to—\n(a) the control and management of P's property;\n(b) the sale, exchange, charging, gift or other disposition of P's property;\n(c) the acquisition of property in P's name or on P's behalf;\n(d) the carrying on, on P's behalf, of any profession, trade or business;\n(e) the taking of a decision which will have the effect of dissolving a partnership of which P is a member;\n(f) the carrying out of any contract entered into by P;\n(g) the discharge of P's debts and of any of P's obligations, whether legally enforceable or not;\n(h) the settlement of any of P's property, whether for P's benefit or for the benefit of others;\n(i) the execution for P of a will;\n(j) the exercise of any power (including a power to consent) vested in P whether beneficially or as trustee or otherwise;\n(k) the conduct of legal proceedings in P's name or on P's behalf.\n(2) No will may be executed by virtue of subsection (1)(i) at a time when P is under 18.\n(3) The powers under section 113 as respects any matter concerning P's property and affairs (except the power to execute a will for P) may be exercised even if P is under 16 if the court considers it likely that P will still lack capacity to make decisions in respect of that matter when P reaches 18.\n(4) Schedule 5 supplements the provisions of this section.\n(5) Subsection (1) is subject to section 117 (restrictions on deputies).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/115",
    "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."
}