{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-services-reform-social-services-inspections-scotland-regulations-2011/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-services-reform-social-services-inspections-scotland-regulations-2011/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2011/9780111011935",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Services Reform (Social Services Inspections) (Scotland) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-services-reform-social-services-inspections-scotland-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010;\n“authorised person” means a person authorised by SCSWIS under section 56 (inspections: authorised persons);\n“information” includes any document, record (including personal records), or item or any part of a document, record or item;\n“inspection” means an inspection of any social service or the organisation or co-ordination of any social services under section 53 (inspections) or 55 (inspection at request of Scottish Ministers);\n“personal records” includes health records as defined in section 105 (interpretation of Part 5);\n“pharmacist” means a person who is registered as a pharmacist in Part 1 or 4 of the register maintained under article 19 (establishment, maintenance of and access to the register) of the Pharmacy Order 2010 or the register maintained in pursuance of articles 6 (the registers) and 9 (the registrar) of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976;\n“registered dentist” means a person registered in the register maintained under section 14 (the dentists register and the registrar) of the Dentists Act 1984;\n“registered nurse” means an individual registered in the register maintained under article 5 (establishment and maintenance of the register) of the Nurses and Midwives Order 2001 by virtue of qualifications in nursing;\n“SCSWIS” means Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland established by section 44 (Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland);\n“service user” means a person who is provided with, who uses or is eligible to use any social service;\n“social service” has the same meaning as in section 46 (social services).\n(2) In these Regulations—\n(a) any reference to the provisions of a service includes the management, organisation or co-ordination of a service;\n(b) any reference to a section is a reference to that section in the Act except where otherwise indicated.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2010/231."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1976/1213 (N.I. 22) to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1984 c.24."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/253."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2011/9780111011935/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:37:25.636860+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."
}