Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010

Key definitions

46 Social services

(1) In this Part, “social services” means—

(a) care services, and

(b) social work services.

(2) Any reference to a “social service” in this Part means any care service or social work service.

47 Care services

(1) In this Part, a “care service” is any of the following—

(a) a support service,

(b) a care home service,

(c) a school care accommodation service,

(d) a nurse agency,

(e) a child care agency,

(f) a secure accommodation service,

(g) an offender accommodation service,

(h) an adoption service,

(i) a fostering service,

(j) an adult placement service,

(k) child minding,

(l) day care of children,

(m) a housing support service.

(2) Schedule 12 (which provides definitions for the purposes of subsection (1)) has effect.

48 Social work services

In this Part—

• “social work services” means—

  (a)

  services which are provided by a local authority in the exercise of any of its social work services functions, or

  (b)

  services which are provided by another person pursuant to arrangements made by a local authority in the exercise of its social work services functions;

• “social work services functions” means functions under the enactments specified in schedule 13.

49 Power to modify key definitions

The Scottish Ministers, after consulting such persons (or groups of persons) as they consider appropriate, may by order—

(a) modify—

(i) section 47(1),

(ii) schedule 12,

(b) modify—

(i) the definition of social work services in section 48,

(ii) the definition of social work services functions by adding an entry to or removing any entry from schedule 13.