Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Care Standards Act 2000;

• “adult placement carer” means a person who, under the terms of a carer agreement entered into with a person who carries on an adult placement scheme, provides, or intends to provide, care or support (which may include accommodation in the carer’s home) for service users;

• “adult placement scheme” means a scheme carried on (whether or not for profit) by a local authority or other person for the purposes of—

  1. (a)

     recruiting and training adult placement carers;

  2. (b)

     making arrangements for the placing of service users with adult placement carers; and

  3. (c)

     supporting and monitoring placements,

  but does not include arrangements made by a person solely for the provision of care and support for his or her relative;

• “approval panel” means the panel appointed by the provider of an adult placement scheme for the purpose of approving applications to schemes from prospective carers;

• “carer agreement” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 17;

• “complaints procedure” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 23;

• “home”, where a person has more than one home, means the home where the person ordinarily resides;

• “organisation” means a body corporate or any unincorporated association other than a partnership;

• “placement” means an arrangement whereby an adult is provided with care or support by an adult placement carer and “placed” shall be construed accordingly;

• “placement agreement” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 13;

• “placing authority” means a local authority or National Health Service body^f1 with responsibility for commissioning social care services for service users;

• “registered manager”, in relation to an adult placement scheme, means a person who is registered under Part 2 of the Act as the manager of the scheme;

• “registered person”, in relation to an adult placement scheme, means any person who is the registered provider or the registered manager in respect of the scheme;

• “registered provider”, in relation to an adult placement scheme, means a person who is registered under Part 2 of the Act as the person carrying on the scheme, and references to carrying on a scheme shall be construed accordingly;

• “relative”, in relation to a service user means—

  1. (a)

     the service user’s spouse;

  2. (b)

     any parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece of the service user, or of his spouse;

  3. (c)

     the spouse of any relative within sub-paragraph (b) of this definition;

  and for the purpose of determining any such relationship a person’s step child shall be treated as his or her child, and references to “spouse” include a former spouse and a person who is living with the person as if they were husband and wife;

• “responsible individual” has the meaning given to it in regulation 8(2)(c)(i) of these Regulations;

• “scheme” means an adult placement scheme carried on by a registered provider;

• “scheme premises” means premises where the management of the scheme is carried on;

• “service user” in relation to a scheme, means an adult who may be or is placed by the scheme;

• “service user’s plan” means the plan prepared in accordance with regulation 20;

• “staff” in relation to a scheme, means persons, other than adult placement carers, who work for the purposes of the scheme;

• “statement of purpose” means the written statement compiled in accordance with regulation 4;

• “vulnerable adult” has the same meaning as in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975^f2;

• “work” includes work of any kind, whether paid or unpaid, and whether under a contract or apprenticeship, under a contract for services, or otherwise than under a contract.