Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Community Care (Provision of Residential Accommodation Outwith Scotland) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 2nd April 2018.
Amendment of the Community Care (Provision of Residential Accommodation Outwith Scotland) (Scotland) Regulations 2015
2.—(1) The Community Care (Provision of Residential Accommodation Outwith Scotland) (Scotland) Regulations 2015(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (meaning of appropriate establishment)—
(a)in paragraph (2)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (a), omit “and Wales”;
(ii)at the end of sub-paragraph (a), omit “and”; and
(iii)after sub-paragraph (a), insert—
“(aa)as respects Wales, a place at which a care home service, within the meaning of Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016(2), is provided wholly or mainly to persons aged 18 or over; and”; and
(b)in paragraph (3)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (a), omit “and Wales”;
(ii)at the end of sub-paragraph (a), omit “and”; and
(iii)after sub-paragraph (a), insert—
“(aa)as respects Wales, a place at which a care home service, within the meaning of Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016, is provided wholly or mainly to persons aged 18 or over; and”.
Revocation
3. The Community Care (Provision of Residential Accommodation Outwith Scotland) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018(3) are revoked.
SHONA ROBISON
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
6th February 2018