http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/115Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016An Act to make new provision relating to persons who lack capacity; to make provision about the powers of criminal courts in respect of persons with disorder; to disapply Part 2 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 in relation to persons aged 16 or over and make other amendments of that Order; to make provision in connection with the Convention on the International Protection of Adults signed at the Hague on 13th January 2000; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2022-07-25Expert Participation2022-04-01 Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016s. 285(2)(a)-(c)Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022Sch. 3 para. 77(b)s. 160(1) PART 6 1151The powers under section 113 as respects P's property and affairs extend in particular to—athe control and management of P's property;bthe sale, exchange, charging, gift or other disposition of P's property;cthe acquisition of property in P's name or on P's behalf;dthe carrying on, on P's behalf, of any profession, trade or business;ethe taking of a decision which will have the effect of dissolving a partnership of which P is a member;fthe carrying out of any contract entered into by P;gthe discharge of P's debts and of any of P's obligations, whether legally enforceable or not;hthe settlement of any of P's property, whether for P's benefit or for the benefit of others;ithe execution for P of a will;jthe exercise of any power (including a power to consent) vested in P whether beneficially or as trustee or otherwise;kthe conduct of legal proceedings in P's name or on P's behalf.2No will may be executed by virtue of subsection (1)(i) at a time when P is under 18.3The powers under section 113 as respects any matter concerning P's property and affairs (except the power to execute a will for P) may be exercised even if P is under 16 if the court considers it likely that P will still lack capacity to make decisions in respect of that matter when P reaches 18.4Schedule 5 supplements the provisions of this section.5Subsection (1) is subject to section 117 (restrictions on deputies).