Carers (Scotland) Act 2016

41Interpretation

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(1)In this Act—

  • “1968 Act” means the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968,

  • “1995 Act” means the Children (Scotland) Act 1995,

  • “2014 Act” means the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014,

  • “adult carer” has the meaning given by section 3,

  • “adult carer support plan” has the meaning given by section 6,

  • “carer” has the meaning given by section 1,

  • “directing authority” has the meaning given by section 45 of the 2014 Act,

  • “grant-aided school” has the meaning given by section 20(5),

  • “health board” (except in section 28) means a health board constituted under section 2(1)(a) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978,

  • “identified needs”, in relation to a carer, has the meaning given by section 5(2),

  • “identified personal outcomes”, in relation to a carer, has the meaning given by section 5(1),

  • “independent school” has the meaning given by section 20(5),

  • “local eligibility criteria” has the meaning given by section 21(2),

  • “named person”, in relation to a young carer, has the meaning given by section 32 of the 2014 Act,

  • “national eligibility criteria” has the meaning given by section 23(2),

  • “personal outcomes” has the meaning given by section 4,

  • “public school” has the meaning given by section 20(5),

  • “relevant authority” has the meaning given by section 1(4),

  • “relevant carers” has the meaning given by section 31(5),

  • “responsible authority”, for the purposes of Chapter 2 of Part 2 (young carer statements), has the meaning given by sections 19 and 20,

  • “responsible local authority”, in relation to a carer, means the local authority for the area in which the cared-for person resides,

  • “terminally ill”, in relation to a cared-for person, has the meaning given by section 7(2),

  • “young carer” has the meaning given by section 2,

  • “young carer statement” has the meaning given by section 12.

(2)In this Act references to the provision of support by a responsible local authority include references to support the provision of which is secured by the authority.