The Wills and Administration Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1994

Formalities for execution

5.—(1) No will is valid unless it is in writing and is executed in accordance with the following requirements, that is to say,—

(a) it is signed by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction; and

(b) it appears from the will or is shown that the testator intended by his signature to give effect to the will; and

(c) the signature is made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time; and

(d) each witness, in the presence of the testator (but not necessarily in the presence of any other witness), either—

(i) attests the testator’s signature or the testator’s acknowledgment of his signature and signs the will; or

(ii) acknowledges his signature.

(2) No form of attestation or acknowledgment is necessary.