The Intensive Support and Monitoring (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations–

“the Act” means the Children (Scotland) Act 1995;

“children’s hearing” has the meaning given to that term by section 93(1) of the Act;

“crisis response service” means the service to be provided by or on behalf of the relevant local authority, by way of immediate support for the child under reference to the movement restriction care plan, which service shall include a telephone contact facility, accessible on a twenty four hours per day basis, for every day of the year, both by the child, by any person referred to within regulation 5(1), and by any other person identified in the plan as requiring such access;

“Elmo Tech” means Elmo Tech Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Israel and having a place of business at 2 Harbazel Street, Tel Aviv, 61132 Israel;

“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994(1); and “local government area” means the local government area (within the meaning of that Act) for which the council is constituted;

“movement restriction care plan” means the written plan prepared by the relevant local authority to address the immediate and longer term needs of the child with a view to safeguarding and promoting that child’s welfare, which plan shall include details of the services to be provided relative to a supervision requirement with a movement restriction condition, to meet the care, education and health needs of the child;

“movement restriction condition” has the meaning given to that term by section 70(11) of the Act;

“relevant local authority” has the meaning given to that term by section 93(1) of the Act;

“relevant person” has the meaning given to that term by section 93(2)(b) of the Act;

“responsible local authority officer” means an officer of the relevant local authority authorised by it in relation to the arrangements concerned with a supervision requirement with a movement restriction condition, and a movement restriction care plan in terms of these Regulations; and

“supervision requirement” has the meaning given to that term by section 93(1) of the Act.