{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adults-with-incapacity-scotland-act-2000/section-27D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adults-with-incapacity-scotland-act-2000/section-27D.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/27D",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27D",
  "heading": "Determination of applications: applicant to be fit and proper",
  "text": "(1) The Public Guardian may grant an application made under section 24C, 24D, 25, 26B or 26D only if satisfied that—\n(a) the applicant in an application under section 24C, 24D, 25 or 26B, or\n(b) the proposed reserve withdrawer in an application under section 26D,\nis a fit and proper person to intromit with the funds of the adult.\n(2) In deciding whether a person is fit and proper, the Public Guardian must have regard to any guidance issued in relation to that matter by the Scottish Ministers.",
  "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/27D",
    "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."
}