Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017
Missing persons
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Missing persons
Guardianship orders
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Applying for a guardianship order
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Making a guardianship order
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Choice of guardian
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Guardian's role: property and financial affairs
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Guardian's role: rights and powers etc
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Period of guardianship
Guardians
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Guardians and effect of guardianship order
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Expenses, remuneration and records
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Directions by the court to guardians
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Actions outside guardian's authority etc
Variation and revocation of guardianship orders
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Variation of guardianship order
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Revocation of guardianship order
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Automatic revocation
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Protection following variation or revocation
Two or more guardians
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Appointment of two or more guardians
Supervision of guardians
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Supervision of guardians by the Public Guardian
Missing person's best interests
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Missing person's best interests
Applications, intervention and codes of practice
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Requirement for applicants to have sufficient interest
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Giving notice of applications
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Right to intervene
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Codes of practice
General
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The court
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Interpretation
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Extent, commencement and short title
SCHEDULE
APPOINTMENT OF TWO OR MORE GUARDIANS
Powers of court when appointing two or more guardians
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(1) This paragraph applies where, when making or varying a...
Power of court to remove guardians
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(1) This paragraph applies where a guardianship order appoints two...
Guardians appointed to act jointly
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(1) This paragraph applies where a guardianship order appoints two...
Death of a guardian
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(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) a guardianship order appoints...
Expiry of period of appointment of a guardian
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(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) a guardianship order appoints...

Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017
2017 c. 27
An Act to make provision about the property and affairs of missing persons; and for connected purposes.
[27th April 2017]
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—