Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Community Care (Disregard of Resources) (Scotland) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st July 2002.

In this Order–

• “the 1948 Act” means the National Assistance Act 1948^f1;

• “the 2002 Act” means the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002^f2;

• “the Act” means the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968;

• “the Assessment Regulations” means the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992^f3;

• “deferred payment agreement” has the meaning given by section 6 of the 2002 Act (deferred payment of accommodation costs);

• “social care” has the meaning given by section 22 of the 2002 Act (interpretation).