Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991
- Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991
Infobox UK Legislation
short_title=Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991
parliament=United Kingdom Parliament
long_title=An Act to make provision in the law of Scotland as to the legal capacity of persons under the age of 18 years to enter into transactions, as to the setting aside and ratification by the court of transactions entered into by such persons and as to guardians of persons under the age of 16 years; to make provision in the law of Scotland relating to the time and date at which a person shall be taken to attain a particular age; and for connected purposes.
statute_book_chapter=1991 c. 50
introduced_by=
territorial_extent=Scotland
royal_assent=25 July 1991
commencement=25 September 1991
repeal_date=
amendments=Children (Scotland) Act 1995
related_legislation=
repealing_legislation=
status=Current
original_text=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1991/ukpga_19910050_en_1
activeTextDocId=1538848|
The Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 (c.50) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which reduced the age of majority in Scotland from 18 to 16 for the purposes of contract law. It also reduced to 12 the age at which a child could write a will.
The Scottish age of majority had previously been reduced from 21 by the "Age of Majority (Scotland) Act 1969". This act is still in force for purposes not covered by the 1991 legislation.
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