Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001

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

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(a) in paragraph (b), the words “residential care home, nursing home, mental nursing home or” are repealed; and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(b) in the definition of “nursing home”, paragraph (b) is repealed; and

(c) in the definition of “residential care home”, paragraph (b) is repealed.