# The Residential Care Order (Secure Accommodation) (Scotland) Regulations 1988, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1975 Act” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975;
“appropriate local authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 413(3) of the 1975 Act;
“child” has the meaning assigned to it by section 462 of the 1975 Act;
“managers” means
(a) in the case of a voluntary organisation, the management committee to whom powers are delegated within the organisation for management of the residential establishment providing secure accommodation;
(b) in the case of a local authority, those officers having delegated powers under section 2 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 as read with section 56 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973for the management of the residential establishment providing secure accommodation;
“residential establishment” has the meaning assigned to it by section 94(1) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968;
“secure accommodation” means accommodation provided in a residential establishment for the purpose of restricting the liberty of children.
(2) In these Regulations any reference to a numbered regulation shall be construed as a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/294/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/residential-care-order-secure-accommodation-scotland-regulations-1988/regulation-2
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