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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-care-scotland-act-2001-minimum-frequency-of-inspections-order-2009/article-4",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/131",
  "legislation_title": "The Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (Minimum Frequency of Inspections) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-care-scotland-act-2001-minimum-frequency-of-inspections-order-2009",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment to the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001",
  "text": "In section 25(3) of the Act for sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (a) substitute–\n“(i) if the service is a care home service, at least twice in the period of 12 months which immediately follows registration and at least twice in each subsequent period of 12 months;\n(ii) if the service is a school care accommodation service, at least twice in the period of 24 months which immediately follows registration and at least twice in each subsequent period of 48 months;\n(iii) if the service is a secure accommodation service, at least twice at the period of 12 months which immediately follows registration and at least twice in each subsequent period of 12 months; and\n(iv) if the service is an independent health care service which provides overnight accommodation, at least twice in the period of 24 months which immediately follows registration and at least twice in each subsequent period of 24 months; and”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "“Care home service” has the meaning given by section 2(3) of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "“School care accommodation service” has the meaning given by section 2(4) of the Act as amended by section 82 of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 14)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "“Secure accommodation service” has the meaning given by section 2(9) of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "“Independent health care service” has the meaning given by section 2(5) of the Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/131/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:02:12.321357+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."
}