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Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Scottish Social Services Council (Consultation on Codes of Practice) Order 2001 and comes into force on 10th December 2001.

(2)

In this Order–

  • “carer” means a person who, being an individual, provides on a regular basis a substantial amount of care for a service user, not having contracted to do so and not doing so for payment or in the course of providing a care service;

  • “service user” means a person who, being an individual, uses or has used, any care service;

  • “Scottish Qualifications Authority” means the Scottish Qualifications Authority established under section 1 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1996f1; and

  • “SQA qualification” has the meaning given to it by section 21 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1996.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1996 c. 43.