{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/9",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Capacity Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Public Guardian must cancel the registration of an instrument creating an enduring power of attorney—\n(a) on receipt of a disclaimer signed by the attorney;\n(b) if satisfied that the power has been revoked by the death or bankruptcy of the donor or attorneyor the making of a debt relief order (under Part 7A of the Insolvency Act 1986) in respect of the donor or attorney or, if the attorney is a body corporate, by its winding up or dissolution;\n(c) on receipt of notification from the court that the court has revoked the power;\n(d) on confirmation from the court that the donor has revoked the power.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 17(b) inserted (1.10.2012) by The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2404), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 53(6)(d) (with art. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/schedule/4/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:24.228713+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."
}