{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-act-1948/section-65",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-act-1948/section-65.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/11-12/29",
  "legislation_title": "National Assistance Act 1948",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-act-1948",
  "path": "section/65",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "65",
  "heading": "General provisions as to application to Scotland.",
  "text": "Subject to any express provision contained in this Act, the following provisions shall have effect for the general application thereof to Scotland:—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) for any reference to a complaint there shall be substituted a reference to an application, and the expression “defendant” means respondent in any such application;\n(e) the expression “local authority” means ... a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.\n(f) any reference however expressed in sections 22(2) to (8) and 26(2) to (4) of this Act to accommodation provided under Part III of this Act shall be construed as a reference to accommodation provided under ... the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 or section 25 (care and support services etc.) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003,.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 4 omitted (except ss. 49, 68) (W.) (6.4.2016) by virtue of The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 9(1) [Editorial note: This Act no longer applies in relation to England (1.4.2015) as a consequence of the Care Act 2014 (c. 23), Pt. 1 and the amendments made by The Care Act 2014 and Children and Families Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/914), Sch. paras. 1-10]"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 65(a)(b) repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 65(c) repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 82, Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words repealed by Ministry of Social Security Act 1966 (c. 20), Sch. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 65(e) substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by virtue of 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 31(6); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 65(f) added by Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49), Sch. 8 para. 16"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 65(f) inserted (S.) (5.10.2007) by Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 10), ss. 62(1)(b)(i), 79(3); S.S.I. 2007/334, art. 2(b), sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Word in s. 65(f) substituted (S.) (5.10.2007) by Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 10), ss. 62(1)(b)(ii), 79(3); S.S.I. 2007/334, art. 2(b), sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 65(f) repealed (1.4.1993) by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(1), Sch. 9 para. 5(9)(a); S.I. 1992/2975, art. 2(2), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words inserted (1.4.1991) by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), ss. 66(1), Sch. 9 para. 5(9)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in s. 65(f) substituted (S.) (27.9.2005) by The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Modification of Enactments) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/465), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1968 c. 49."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Power to modify conferred (S.) (1.4.2002) by Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 5), ss. 2, 27(2); S.S.I. 2002/170, art. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/11-12/29/section/65",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:23:20.245114+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."
}