In this Act—

• “the absence condition” has the meaning given in section 3;

• “the court” means the court for the time being designated by the Lord Chancellor under section 23;

• “guardian” means a person appointed as a guardian under this Act;

• “guardianship order” has the meaning given in section 2;

• “missing”, in relation to a person, has the meaning given in section 1 (and see subsection (2));

• “the missing person” means—

  1. a

     in relation to an application or order under this Act, the missing person whose property or financial affairs are or would be the subject of the application or order, and

  2. b

     in relation to a guardian, the missing person in respect of whose property or financial affairs the guardian is appointed,

  (and see subsection (2));

• “personal representative”, in relation to a person who has died, means—

  1. a

     a person responsible for administering the person's estate under the law of England and Wales, or

  2. b

     a person who, under the law of another country or territory, has functions equivalent to those of administering the person's estate under the law of England and Wales;

• “property” includes any thing in action and any interest in real or personal property;

• “sibling” means a sibling of the full blood or the half blood;

• “the urgency condition” has the meaning given in section 3;

• “will” includes codicil.

References in this Act to action by a guardian (however expressed) include inaction.