Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003

1 For the purposes of this Act a “child care position” is a position—

(a) whose normal duties include work in an establishment mentioned in paragraph 2 below;

(b) whose normal duties include providing, or working for an organisation which provides, a care home service or an independent health care service which is provided exclusively or mainly for children;

(c) whose normal duties include work on day care premises;

(d) whose normal duties include caring for, training, supervising or being in sole charge of children;

(e) whose normal duties involve unsupervised contact with children under arrangements made by a responsible person;

(f) whose normal duties include caring for children under the age of 16 in the course of the children’s employment,

(g) a substantial part of whose normal duties include supervising or training children under the age of 16 in the course of the children’s employment;

(h) mentioned in paragraph 6 below; or

(i) whose normal duties include supervising or managing an individual in the individual’s work in any position mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (h) above.