Powers of Attorney Act (Northern Ireland) 1971

5Additional protection for transferees under stock exchange transactions.N.I.

(1)Without prejudice to section 4, where—

(a)the donee of a power of attorney executes, as transferor, an instrument transferring registered securities; and

(b)the instrument is executed for the purposes of a stock exchange transaction,

it shall be conclusively presumed in favour of the transferee that the power had not been revoked at the date of the instrument if a statutory declaration to that effect is made by the donee of the power on or within three months after that date.

(2)In this section “registered securities” and “stock exchange transaction” have the same meanings as in the Stock Transfer Act (Northern Ireland) 1963 [1963 c.24] .