Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

Section 73: persons to be disregarded

75.—(1) This section supplements section 73.

(2) In determining who is the default nominated person for P, the following are to be disregarded—

(a) any person under 16;

(b) where P is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or Ireland, any person who is not so resident;

(c) any person who under section 77 (declaration by P) is to be disregarded in determining who is the default nominated person for P;

(d) any person who has in accordance with section 78 declined to be the nominated person for P (and has not withdrawn that notice);

(e) any person who under an order of the Tribunal under section 82 is to be disregarded in determining who is the default nominated person for P.