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Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (Housing Support Services) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 31st October 2002.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations–

“the Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001;

“care home service”, “personal care” and “personal support” have the same meanings as in the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001(1); and

“service user” means a person to whom housing support services are provided.

Services eligible for grant payment

3.  The housing support services described in the Schedule to these Regulations are hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 91(8) of the Act.

Excepted Accommodation

4.  The following types of accommodation are hereby specified as excepted accommodation for the purposes of section 91(9) of the Act:–

(a)accommodation provided as part of a care home service other than accommodation–

(i)for which a grant is paid by the Scottish Ministers under section 2(2) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988(2) during the financial year ending with 31 March 2003; or

(ii)occupied by a person who as at 31 March 2003 is in receipt of housing benefit payable under Schedule 1B of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987(3); and

(b)residential accommodation for which a grant is paid under section 27B of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968(4).

MARGARET CURRAN

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House Edinburgh

26th September 2002