- (1) Where an order has been made, either by a sheriff or otherwise, that a defective be placed under guardianship, the Board may, on application being made for the purpose by the defective or guardian or by the local authority interested, and on being satisfied that the case is or has become one unsuitable for guardianship, order that the defective be sent to an institution.
- (2) A person appointed to be guardian of a defective may, on the application of the local authority interested or of any other person who appears to be interested, be removed from his office by the Board, and where a person appointed to be
2770 guardian of a defective dies, or resigns his office, or is removed from his office, the Board may, on the like application, appoint a suitable person to act in his stead. - (3) An order under this Section shall not be made without giving to the relative or other person who presented the original petition and to the local authority interested an opportunity of representing their view.
§ Lords Amendments:—
§ In Sub-section (1), after the word "by" ["an application being made for the purpose by the defective"], insert the words "or on behalf of."
§ Leave out the word "interested," and insert instead thereof the word "concerned."
§ In Sub-section (2), leave out the word "interested" ["on the application of the local authority interested"], and insert instead thereof the word "concerned."
§ In Sub-section (3), after the word "to" ["giving to the relative"], insert the words "the local authority concerned, if any, and where practicable to the parent or guardian or."
§ Leave out the words "and to the local authority interested."