{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wills-and-administration-proceedings-northern-ireland-order-1994/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wills-and-administration-proceedings-northern-ireland-order-1994/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1994/1899",
  "legislation_title": "The Wills and Administration Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wills-and-administration-proceedings-northern-ireland-order-1994",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Minority",
  "text": "(1) No will made by a person under the age of 18 years is valid, unless he is or has been a spouse or civil partner.\n(2) No will made before 1st January 1970 by a person under the age of 21 years is valid.\n(3) No will made before the commencement of this Order by a person who, at the date of the will, had not attained the age of 18 years is valid, even though he then was or had been married.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "2004 c.33"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1994/1899/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:44:37.123327+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."
}