Article 5 Amendment to the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001
In section 25(5) of the Act, in each of paragraphs (a) and (b) for “twelve months” substitute–
“(i)if the service is day care of children provided for children aged 3 years or over only, is a child care agency or is a nurse agencyf1, 24 months;
(ii)if the service is child mindingf2 24 months;
(iii)if the service is a housing support servicef3 which is not provided in conjunction with any other form of care service, 36 months; and
(iv)in the case of any other service, 12 months,”.
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1
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“Day care of children” has the meaning given by section 2(20) of the Act; “Child care agency” has the meaning given by section 2(7) of the Act and “Nurse agency” has the meaning given by section 2(b) of the Act.
- f2
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“Child minding” has the meaning given by section 2(17) of the Act.
- f3
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“Housing support service” has the meaning given by section 2(27) of the Act.