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GUARDIANSHIP ACT 1987 - SECT 14
Tribunal may make guardianship orders
14 Tribunal may make guardianship orders
(1) If, after conducting a hearing into any application made to it for a
guardianship order in respect of a person, the Tribunal is satisfied that the
person is a person in need of a guardian, it may make a guardianship order in
respect of the person.
(2) In considering whether or not to make a
guardianship order in respect of a person, the Tribunal shall have regard to--
(a) the views (if any) of-- (i) the person, and
(ii) the person's spouse, if
any, if the relationship between the person and the spouse is close and
continuing, and
(iii) the person, if any, who has care of the person,
(b)
the importance of preserving the person's existing family relationships,
(c)
the importance of preserving the person's particular cultural and linguistic
environments, and
(d) the practicability of services being provided to the
person without the need for the making of such an order.
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