http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1988/930/note/made
The Minors' Contracts (Northern Ireland) Order 1988
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Government Printer for Northern Ireland
2013-07-09
NORTHERN IRELAND
This Order removes certain restrictions on the enforceability of contracts entered into by minors.
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order removes certain restrictions on the enforceability of contracts entered into by minors.
Article 3 disapplies the Infants Relief Act 1874 and section 5 of the Betting and Loans (Infants) Act 1892, thereby allowing a minor to ratify an otherwise unenforceable contract on attaining majority. Article 4 makes a guarantee of a contractual obligation entered into by a minor enforceable against the guarantor. Under Article 5 a court may, where it thinks it just and equitable to do so, order the return of property acquired by a minor under an unenforceable contract.