Article 2 Modification of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010

(1)

The Act is modified as follows.

(2)

In section 47(1) (care services), at the end, insert—

“(n)

a child contact service.”.

(3)

In section 74 (conditions as to numbers)—

(a)

in paragraph (d), at the end, omit “and”, and

(b)

after paragraph (e), insert—

“, and

(f)

in the case of a child contact service, limit the number of persons in respect of whom the service may facilitate contact.”.

(4)

In section 105(1) (interpretation of Part 5 of the Act), after the definition of “child care agency”, insert—

““child contact service” has the meaning given by paragraph 19A of that schedule;”.

(5)

In schedule 12 (care services: definitions), after paragraph 19, insert—

“19A.

A “child contact service” is a service which has as its sole or main purpose the facilitation of contact between a child and a person with whom the child is not, or will not be, living (including the handover of the child to that person); but the expression does not include a social work service.”.