SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3E+WInternational protection of adults

Part 1 E+WPreliminary

Adults with incapacityE+W

4[F1(1)F1]Adult” means [F2subject to sub-paragraph (2)]F2 a person who—E+W

(a)as a result of an impairment or insufficiency of his personal faculties, cannot protect his interests, and

(b)has reached 16.

[F3(2)But “adult” does not include a child to whom either of the following applies—

(a)the Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-Operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children that was signed at The Hague on 19 October 1996;

(b)Council Regulation (EC) No. 2201/2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility.F3]