1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Regulation of Care (Applications and Provision of Advice) (Scotland) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.
(2) In this Order–
“the Act” means the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001;
“the applicant” means the person making an application for registration of a care service under the Act;
“public body” means a body established by or under any enactment; and
“relative” in relation to an applicant means a spouse, parent, grandparent, brother, sister, child, grandchild, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece of the applicant, a person who is living with the applicant as if that person were the applicant’s husband or wife, or a person of the same sex as the applicant who is living with the applicant in a relationship which has the characteristics (other than that the persons are of the opposite sex) of husband and wife.
(3) In this Order, references to employing a person include employing a person whether or not for payment and whether under a contract of service, a contract for services or otherwise than under a contract, and allowing a person to work as a volunteer; and references to employment, to an employee or to a person being employed shall be construed accordingly.