http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1987/1627/contentsThe Enduring Powers of Attorney (Northern Ireland) Order 1987texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2020-02-19Expert Participation2019-12-02The Enduring Powers of Attorney (Northern Ireland) Order 1987Introductory Title and commencement (1) This Order may be cited as the Enduring Powers...Introductory1Title and commencement2InterpretationEnduring powers of attorney3Enduring power of attorney to survive mental incapacity of donor4Characteristics of an enduring power5Scope of authority etc. of attorney under enduring powerAction on actual or impending incapacity of donor6Duties of attorney in event of actual or impending incapacity of donor7Functions of court prior to registration8Functions of court on application for registrationLegal position after registration9Effect and proof of registration, etc.10Functions of court with respect to registered powerProtection of attorney and third parties11Protection of attorney and third persons where power invalid or revokedSupplementary12Application of Mental Health Order provisions13Application to joint and joint and several attorneys14Power to modify pre-registration requirements in certain casesSCHEDULESSCHEDULE 1NOTIFICATION PRIOR TO REGISTRATIONPART IDUTY TO GIVE NOTICE TO RELATIVES AND DONORDuty to give notice to relatives1Subject to paragraph 3, before making an application for registration...2(1) Subject to the limitations contained in sub-paragraphs (2) to...3(1) An attorney shall not be required to give notice...Duty to give notice to donor4(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), before making an application for...PART IICONTENTS OF NOTICES5A notice to relatives under this Schedule— 6A notice to the donor under this Schedule— PART IIIDUTY TO GIVE NOTICE TO OTHER ATTORNEYS7(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), before making an application for...PART IVSUPPLEMENTARY8(1) For the purposes of this Schedule an illegitimate child...SCHEDULE 2FURTHER PROTECTION OF ATTORNEY AND THIRD PERSONS1Where— (a) an instrument framed in a form prescribed under...2An attorney who acts in pursuance of the power shall...3Any transaction between the attorney and another person shall, in...4Article 11(4) shall apply for the purpose of determining whether...SCHEDULE 3JOINT AND JOINT AND SEVERAL ATTORNEYSPART IJOINT ATTORNEYS1In Article 4(6), the reference to the time when the...2In Article 4(8) and (9), the reference to the attorney...3In Article 7, references to the attorney shall be read...4Article 8 shall have effect as if the ground of...5In Article 10(2), references to the attorney shall be read...6In Article 10(4), references to the attorney shall be read...PART IIJOINT AND SEVERAL ATTORNEYS7In Article 4(9), the reference to the bankruptcy of the...8The restriction upon disclaimer imposed by Article 6(6) applies only...1987 No. 1627 (N.I. 16)The Enduring Powers of Attorney (Northern Ireland) Order 1987C115th September 1987Annotations:Modifications etc. (not altering text)C1Order applied (2.12.2019) by Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 18), ss. 276(6)(c), 307(2) (with ss. 285-287); S.R. 2019/163, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.R. 2019/190, art. 2)
Order applied (2.12.2019) by Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 18), ss. 276(6)(c), 307(2) (with ss. 285-287); S.R. 2019/163, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.R. 2019/190, art. 2)