{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adult-placement-schemes-england-regulations-2004/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2071",
  "legislation_title": "The Adult Placement Schemes (England) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adult-placement-schemes-england-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Care Standards Act 2000;\n“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;\n“adult placement scheme” means a scheme carried on (whether or not for profit) by a local authority or other person for the purposes of—\n(a) recruiting and training adult placement carers;\n(b) making arrangements for the placing of service users with adult placement carers; and\n(c) supporting and monitoring placements,\nbut does not include arrangements made by a person solely for the provision of care and support for his or her relative;\n“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;\n“carer agreement” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 17;\n“complaints procedure” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 23;\n“home”, where a person has more than one home, means the home where the person ordinarily resides;\n“organisation” means a body corporate or any unincorporated association other than a partnership;\n“placement” means an arrangement whereby an adult is provided with care or support by an adult placement carer and “placed” shall be construed accordingly;\n“placement agreement” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 13;\n“placing authority” means a local authority or National Health Service body with responsibility for commissioning social care services for service users;\n“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;\n“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;\n“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;\n“relative”, in relation to a service user means—\n(a) the service user’s spouse;\n(b) any parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece of the service user, or of his spouse;\n(c) the spouse of any relative within sub-paragraph (b) of this definition;\nand 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;\n“responsible individual” has the meaning given to it in regulation 8(2)(c)(i) of these Regulations;\n“scheme” means an adult placement scheme carried on by a registered provider;\n“scheme premises” means premises where the management of the scheme is carried on;\n“service user” in relation to a scheme, means an adult who may be or is placed by the scheme;\n“service user’s plan” means the plan prepared in accordance with regulation 20;\n“staff” in relation to a scheme, means persons, other than adult placement carers, who work for the purposes of the scheme;\n“statement of purpose” means the written statement compiled in accordance with regulation 4;\n“vulnerable adult” has the same meaning as in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975;\n“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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 121 of the Act for the definition of National Health Service body."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1975/1023. The definition of “vulnerable adult” was inserted in the 1975 Order by S.I. 2002/441."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/1493",
      "affecting_title": "The Care Standards Act 2000 (Establishments and Agencies) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2114",
      "affecting_title": "The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2114",
      "affecting_title": "The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2071/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:20:30.581792+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."
}