# The Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004, Paragraph 7: Scotland

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In this Schedule in relation to Scotland—
“accommodation for residential care” means, subject to paragraphs 12 and 13, either—
(a)any establishment the sole or main object of which is, or is held out to be, the provision of accommodation, whether for reward or not, for disabled or retired persons and—
(i)which is provided by a local authority under sections 12, 13A, 13B and 59 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 , or section 25 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003;
(ii)at which a care service is provided (within the meaning of section 47 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010) and that service is registered under Part 5 of that Act; or
(iii)which is a health service hospital; or
(b)a group of specially provided dwellings in which the dwellings which satisfy the requirements of paragraph 3(4)(a) to (c) of this Schedule are dwellings which are provided or managed—
(i)under Part 1 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 ;
(ii)by a registered social landlord within the meaning of section 165 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010; or
(iii)by Scottish Homes under section 1 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 ;
“health service hospital” has the meaning given by section 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 ;
“mental disorder” means any mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003; and
“right to buy dwelling” is a dwelling owned by a person who bought the dwelling in exercise of his right to buy under Part III of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 or any successor in title of such a person.
(2) For the purposes of this Schedule, in relation to Scotland, a person is another’s foster child if—
(a) he has been placed as a foster child with that other person by a local authority or he is a foster child of that other person within the meaning of the Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984; or
(b) he is the foster child of that person under the law of any other part of the British Islands.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/692/schedule/4/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/communications-television-licensing-regulations-2004/schedule-4/paragraph-7
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