Legislation – Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
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PART 1Adoption
CHAPTER 4Status of adopted children
Meaning of disposition72
(1)
This section applies for the purposes of this Chapter.
(2)
A disposition includes the conferring of a power of appointment and any other disposition of an interest in or right over property (including a disposition by the creating of an entailed interest); and in this subsection a power of appointment includes any discretionary power to transfer a beneficial interest in property without the furnishing of valuable consideration.
(3)
This Chapter applies to an oral disposition as if contained in an instrument made when the disposition was made.
(4)
The date of death of a testator is the date at which a will or codicil is to be regarded as made.
(5)
The provisions of the law of intestate succession applicable to the estate of a deceased person are to be treated as if contained in an instrument executed by the deceased (while of full capacity) immediately before the deceased died.