# Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001, Introduction: Introductory text


An Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care and the Scottish Social Services Council; to make provision for the registration and regulation of care services and for the registration, regulation and training of social service workers; to enable local authorities to make grants in respect of activities relating to child care and family support and to make direct payments to children in respect of certain care services; to enable the Scottish Ministers to delegate a power to make certain grants and loans for social work; to make further provision as respects payments by local authorities towards maintenance of certain children residing with and being cared for by persons other than their parents; to enable local authorities to provide and maintain residential accommodation in which nursing is provided; to make further provision as respects persons who have been looked after by local authorities; to amend the definition of “place of safety" in the Children (Scotland) Act 1995; to make further provision as respects the appointment for children of curators ad litem, reporting officers and safeguarders; and for connected purposes.
The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 31st May 2001 and received Royal Assent on 5th July 2001

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/8/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-care-scotland-act-2001/introduction
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