{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/guardianship-of-minors-act-1971/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/guardianship-of-minors-act-1971/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/3",
  "legislation_title": "Guardianship of Minors Act 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/guardianship-of-minors-act-1971",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the guardianship and custody of minors.\n[17th February 1971]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Act repealed (EW NI) (14.10.1991) by Childrens Act 1989 (c. 41 , SIF20), s.108(7), Sch.15;SI 1991/828, art.3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act amended by Guardianship Act 1973 (c. 29), s. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "This Act has not been revised to 1.2.1991. It was repealed (E.W.NI) with effect from 14.10.1991 by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108(7), Sch. 15. It is available as last published in Statutes in Force (revised to 1.3.1987)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/3/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:50:31.584839+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."
}