{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adults-with-incapacity-scotland-act-2000/section-56A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adults-with-incapacity-scotland-act-2000/section-56A.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/56A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56A",
  "heading": "Death of person authorised to intervene",
  "text": "Where a person authorised under an intervention order dies, the person's personal representatives shall, if aware of the existence of the authority, notify the Public Guardian who shall—\n(a) notify—\n(i) the adult;\n(ii) the local authority; and\n(iii) in a case where the adult's incapacity is by reason of, or reasons which include, mental disorder and the intervention order relates to the adult's personal welfare or factors including it, the Mental Welfare Commission; and\n(b) enter prescribed particulars in the register maintained under section 6(2)(b)(v).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 56A inserted (5.10.2007) by Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 10), ss. 59(3), 79; S.S.I. 2007/334, art. 2(b), Sch. 2 (with savings in arts. 4-6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2000/4/section/56A",
    "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."
}