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Protection of third parties
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121. (1) This section applies where a person (in this section referred to as a “representative”) in purported exercise of an authority to act on behalf of an adult enters into a transaction with a third party.
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(2) The validity of the transaction may not be questioned in proceedings, nor may the third party be held liable, merely because—
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(a) where the representative and third party are in the State when entering into the transaction,subsection (3) applies, or
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(b) where they are in another country at that time,subsection (4) applies.
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(3) This subsection applies if—
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(a) the law applicable to the authority in one or more respects is, as a result of this Part, the law of a country other than the State, and
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(b) the representative is not entitled to exercise the authority in that respect (or those respects) under the law of that other country.
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(4) This subsection applies if—
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(a) the law applicable to the authority in one or more respects is, as a result of this Chapter, the law of the State, and
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(b) the representative is not entitled to exercise the authority in that respect (or those respects) under that law.
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(5) This section shall not apply if the third party knew or ought to have known that the applicable law was—
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(a) in a case within subsection (3), the law of the other country,
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(b) in a case within subsection (4), the law of the State.
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