http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/18/section/278Mental 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 Participation2022-04-01PART 14MISCELLANEOUSExpenditure etc
278Expenditure(1)

This section applies where—

(a)

an act mentioned in section 9(1) is (because of compliance with section 9(1)(c) and (d) and any of the additional safeguard provisions that are relevant) an act to which section 9(2) applies; and

(b)

the act involves expenditure.

(2)

It is lawful for D—

(a)

to pledge P's credit for the purpose of the expenditure; and

(b)

to apply money in P's possession for meeting the expenditure.

(3)

If the expenditure is borne for P by D, it is lawful for D—

(a)

to reimburse himself or herself out of money in P's possession; or

(b)

to be otherwise indemnified by P.

(4)

Subsections (1) to (3) do not affect any power under which (apart from those subsections) a person—

(a)

has lawful control of P's money or other property; and

(b)

has power to spend money for P's benefit.

(5)

In this section “additional safeguard provisions” has the same meaning as in section 9.

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