{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/guardianship-missing-persons-act-2017/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/guardianship-missing-persons-act-2017/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2017/27",
  "legislation_title": "Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/guardianship-missing-persons-act-2017",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Guardians and effect of guardianship order",
  "text": "(1) A guardian must act in what the guardian reasonably believes to be the missing person's best interests (see section 18).\n(2) A guardian is to be treated as the missing person's agent with the authority conferred by the guardianship order and this Act.\n(3) Before taking a decision in relation to which it would be reasonable to expect the missing person to consult a particular person, the guardian must consult that person unless it is not reasonably practicable to do so.\n(4) A guardianship order does not affect any rights, powers or other interests of third parties in relation to the missing person's property or financial affairs.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 8 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/8",
    "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."
}