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The Wills and Administration Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1994
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- 1994 No. 1899 (N.I. 13)
- PART II
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- Order modified by 2016 c. 18 (N.I.) Sch. 5 para. 4(2)
Scope of, and power to make, willN.I.
Power to dispose of estate by willN.I.
3. Subject to this Part, a person may dispose of all his estate by a will.
MinorityN.I.
4.—(1) No will made by a person under the age of 18 years is valid, unless he is or has been[F1 a spouse or civil partner].
(2) No will made before 1st January 1970 by a person under the age of 21 years is valid.
(3) No will made before the commencement of this Order by a person who, at the date of the will, had not attained the age of 18 years is valid, even though he then was or had been married.
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