# Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002, Section 22: Interpretation

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(1) In this Act—
“the 1948 Act” means the National Assistance Act 1948 (c.29);
“the 1968 Act” means the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c.49);
“the 1978 Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c.29);
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“the 1995 Act” means the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.36);
“the 2003 Act” means the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13);
“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39);
“NHS body” means—
(a)a Health Board, constituted by order made under section 2(1)(a) of the 1978 Act;
(b)a Special Health Board, constituted by order made under section 2(1)(b) of that Act;
(c)a National Health Service trust, established by order made under section 12A(1) of that Act; ...
(d)the Common Services Agency, constituted by section 10(1) of that Act;or
(e)Healthcare Improvement Scotland, established by section 10A(1) of that Act;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Scottish Ministers; and
“social care” means, subject to subsection (2) below, a service provided—
(a)under the 1968 Act; or
(b) under section 25 (care and support services for persons who have or have had a mental disorder), 26 (services designed to promote well-being and social development of such persons) or 27 (assistance with travel in connection with such services) of the 2003 Act
to an individual by a local authority or a service the provision of which to an individual, under the 1968 Act or any of those sections, is secured by a local authority.
(2) In this Act, “social care” does not include a service which (or so much of a service as) consists of the provision of accommodation; but in the definition of the expression in subsection (1) above, the references to a service being provided are to the provision of any other form of assistance (including, without prejudice to that generality, the provision of advice, guidance or a material thing).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/5/section/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/community-care-and-health-scotland-act-2002/section-22
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