{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adults-with-incapacity-scotland-act-2000/section-27B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adults-with-incapacity-scotland-act-2000/section-27B.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2000/4",
  "legislation_title": "Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adults-with-incapacity-scotland-act-2000",
  "path": "section/27B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27B",
  "heading": "Medical certificates",
  "text": "An application under section 24C, 24D, or 25 must be accompanied by a certificate in prescribed form from a medical practitioner that the adult is—\n(a) incapable in relation to decisions about; or\n(b) incapable of acting to safeguard or promote the adult's interests in,\nthe adult's funds.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 3 substituted (1.4.2008) by Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 10), ss. 58, 79(3); S.S.I. 2008/49, art. 2(1) (with arts. 3 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2000/4/section/27B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:28.069528+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}