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  "legislation": "ssi/2001/424",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Social Services Council (Consultation on Codes of Practice) Order 2001",
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  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(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.\n(2) In this Order–\n“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;\n“service user” means a person who, being an individual, uses or has used, any care service;\n“Scottish Qualifications Authority” means the Scottish Qualifications Authority established under section 1 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1996; and\n“SQA qualification” has the meaning given to it by section 21 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1996.",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 43."
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