Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 No. 18

Prospective

PART 5 N.I. LASTING POWERS OF ATTORNEY

Appointment of attorneys and replacements N.I.

Appointment of attorneys: requirements as respects attorneys N.I.

101—(1) A person appointed as an attorney by an instrument executed with a view to creating a lasting power of attorney (a “relevant instrument”) must be—

(a) an individual who is 18 or over at the time the instrument is executed; or

(b) if the instrument relates only to the donor's property and affairs, either such an individual or a trust corporation.

(2) An individual who is bankrupt may not be appointed by a relevant instrument as an attorney in relation to the donor's property and affairs.