{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/guardianship-missing-persons-act-2017/section-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/guardianship-missing-persons-act-2017/section-14.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2017/27",
  "legislation_title": "Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/guardianship-missing-persons-act-2017",
  "path": "section/14",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Automatic revocation",
  "text": "(1) A guardianship order is revoked—\n(a) on the death of the missing person;\n(b) on the making of a declaration of presumed death in respect of the missing person under section 2 of the Presumption of Death Act 2013;\n(c) on the death of the guardian;\n(d) on the expiry of the guardian's period of appointment.\n(2) A guardianship order made after the death of the missing person is to be treated as having been immediately revoked under subsection (1)(a).\n(3) Where a person becomes aware that a guardianship order appointing the person as guardian has been revoked under subsection (1)(a) or (b), the person must inform the Public Guardian as soon as reasonably practicable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 14 in force at 31.7.2019 by S.I. 2019/1032, reg. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/27/section/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:05:23.419260+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."
}