SCHEDULE 3MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

25Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 (c. 44)

1

Section 4 (meaning of “position of trust”) of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000 is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (4)—

a

in paragraph (b), the words “residential care home, nursing home, mental nursing home or” are repealed; and

b

after that paragraph, there is inserted the following paragraph—

bb

provided by a care home service;

3

In subsection (9)—

a

after the definition of “authority”, there is inserted—

“care home service” has the meaning given by section 2(3) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 8);

b

in the definition of “nursing home”, paragraph (b) is repealed; and

c

in the definition of “residential care home”, paragraph (b) is repealed.