SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2

Property and affairs: supplementary provisions

Wills: requirements relating to execution
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.
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.
Sch. A1 inserted (1.4.2008 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.2009) by Mental Health Act 2007 (c. 12) , ss. 50 , 56 , Sch. 7 ; S.I. 2008/745 , art. 4(a) ; S.I. 2009/139 , art. 2(c) (with art. 3 , Sch. paras. 3 , 4 )