{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-northern-ireland-order-1986/article-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-northern-ireland-order-1986/article-26.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1986/595",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-northern-ireland-order-1986",
  "path": "article/26",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Regulations as to guardianship",
  "text": "Subject to the provisions of this Part, the Department may make regulations—\n(a) for regulating the exercise by the guardians of patients received into guardianship under this Part of their powers as guardians; and\n(b) for imposing on those guardians and upon ... HSC trusts such duties as the Department considers necessary or expedient in the interests of the patients; and\n(c) requiring the patients to be visited, on such occasions or at such intervals as may be prescribed.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 26(b) omitted (1.4.2022) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 73; S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1994 NI 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by virtue of Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(d) (with Sch. 6 para. 1(3)); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "nia/2016/18",
      "affecting_title": "Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/595/article/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:38.738443+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."
}