Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Community Care (Deferred Payment of Accommodation Costs) (Scotland) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st July 2002.

In these Regulations–

• “the Act” means the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002;

• “additional payments” means payments made for the purpose mentioned in section 4(2) of the Act (accommodation more expensive than usually provided);

• “the Assessment Regulations” means the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992^f1;

• “residence” means the dwelling that a person occupies or would normally occupy as their only or main residence.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation.