# Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, Paragraph 5


(1) A “child care agency” is a service which consists of or includes supplying, or introducing to persons who use the service, child carers; but the expression does not include a nurse agency and a service may be excepted from this definition by regulations.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1), “child carer” means a person who—
(a) whether or not for reward; and
(b) whether on a day-to-day or on an occasional basis,
looks after a child wholly or mainly in the home of the child's parents.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/8/schedule/12/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-reform-scotland-act-2010/schedule-12/paragraph-5
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