{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adults-with-incapacity-scotland-act-2000/section-27C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adults-with-incapacity-scotland-act-2000/section-27C.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/27C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27C",
  "heading": "Intimation of applications",
  "text": "(1) On receipt of a competent application under section 24C, 24D, 25, 26B, 26D, 26F or 26G, the Public Guardian must intimate the application to—\n(a) the adult;\n(b) the adult's nearest relative;\n(c) the adult's primary carer;\n(d) the adult's named person;\n(e) where the applicant is—\n(i) the individual mentioned in both paragraph (b) and (c); or\n(ii) a body other than a local authority,\nthe chief social work officer of the local authority; and\n(f) any other person who the Public Guardian considers has an interest in the application.\n(2) A competent application is an application which complies with section 27 and, where appropriate, sections 27A and 27B.",
  "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/27C",
    "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."
}