Part 3 Applicable Law
Mental Capacity Act 2005 (2005 c 9) | Legislation

Part 3 Applicable Law

Applicable law

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In exercising jurisdiction under this Schedule, the court may, if it thinks that the matter has a substantial connection with a country other than England and Wales, apply the law of that other country.

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Where a protective measure is taken in one country but implemented in another, the conditions of implementation are governed by the law of the other country.

Lasting powers of attorney, etc

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(1)     If the donor of a lasting power is habitually resident in England and Wales at the time of granting the power, the law applicable to the existence, extent, modification or extinction of the power is—

(a)     the law of England and Wales, or

(b)     if he specifies in writing the law of a connected country for the purpose, that law.

(2)     If he is habitually resident in another country at that time, but England and Wales is a connected country, the law applicable in that respect is—

(a)     the law of

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