# The Regulation of Care (Child Contact Services) (Scotland) Order 2025, Article 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) This Order may be cited as the Regulation of Care (Child Contact Services) (Scotland) Order 2025.
(2) It comes into force—
(a) for the purpose of making subordinate legislation, as soon as it is made,
(b) for the purpose mentioned in paragraph (3), on the day after the day on which it is made, and
(c) for all other purposes, on 1 April 2027.
(3) The purpose referred to in paragraph (2)(b) is SCSWIS doing anything it considers necessary or expedient to give full effect to this Order on or after 1 April 2027.
(4) In this Order—
“the Act” means the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010,
“SCSWIS” means Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland, constituted under section 44 of the Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/356/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-care-child-contact-services-scotland-order-2025/article-1
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