SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Property and affairs: supplementary provisions

Wills: requirements relating to execution

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(1)

Sub-paragraph (2) applies if under section 113 the court makes an order or gives directions requiring or authorising a person (“the authorised person”) to execute a will on behalf of P.

(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 the authorised person's 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.