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Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Information-sharing (Scotland) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 26 July 2021.

(2)

In these Regulations—

  • “the 1978 Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978f1,

  • “the 2018 Act” means the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018,

  • “the Public Guardian” is to be construed in accordance with section 6 of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000f2 (the Public Guardian and his functions).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1978 c.29.

f2

2000 asp 4. Section 6 was amended by section 67 and paragraph 5(a) of schedule 1 of the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 10) and S.S.I. 2015/157.