# The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Commencement No. 16) Order 2020, Article 1: Citation, interpretation and extent


(1) This Order may be cited as the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Commencement No. 16) Order 2020.
(2) In this Order—
“NHS health services” means—
(a) in relation to England, any kind of health services provided as part of the health service continued under section 1(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006 (Secretary of State’s duty to promote comprehensive health service); and
(b) in relation to Wales, any kind of health services provided as part of the health service continued under section 1(1) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (Welsh Ministers’ duty to promote health service);
“social care services” means—
(a) in relation to England—
(i) adult social services as defined in section 97(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (general interpretation) and services which are the same as services which could be provided by a local authority in exercise of any of its adult social services functions as defined in section 97(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008, whoever provides them; and
(ii) services provided or commissioned in relation to children by a local authority in the exercise of its social services functions as defined in section 1A of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (meaning of “social services functions”) and the duties described in sections 23C to 24D of the Children Act 1989 (duties in relation to relevant former children and other young persons);
(b) in relation to Wales, services provided or commissioned by a local authority in Wales in the exercise of its social services functions as defined in section 143 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (social services functions of local authorities) and services which are the same as services which could be provided by a local authority in Wales in exercise of any of its social services functions, whoever provides them.
(3) This Order extends to England and Wales.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/357/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/serious-organised-crime-and-police-act-2005-commencement-no-16-order-2020/article-1
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