Mental Capacity Act 2005

Wills: requirements relating to executionE+W

3(1)Sub-paragraph (2) applies if under section 16 the court makes an order or gives directions requiring or authorising a person (“the authorised person”) to execute a will on behalf of P.E+W

(2)Any will executed in pursuance of the order or direction—

(a)must state that it is signed by P acting by the authorised person,

(b)must be signed by the authorised person with the name of P and his own name, in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time,

(c)must be attested and subscribed by those witnesses in the presence of the authorised person, and

(d)must be sealed with the official seal of the court.