The Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Cancellation of Registration and Relevant Requirements) Order 2024

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Cancellation of Registration and Relevant Requirements) Order 2024 and comes into force on 1 April 2024.

(2) In this Order—

“the 2010 Act” means the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010,

“the 2019 Act” means the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019(1).

Grounds for cancellation of registration

2.  For the purposes of section 64(1)(c) of the 2010 Act (cancellation of registration), SCSWIS may propose to cancel the registration of a care service on either or both of the following grounds—

(a) that the service is being, or has at any time been, carried on other than in accordance with section 7 of the 2019 Act (duty on care service providers to ensure appropriate staffing),

(b) that the service is being, or has at any time been, carried on other than in accordance with section 8 of the 2019 Act (training of staff).

Relevant requirements

3.  For the purposes of section 91(5)(c) of the 2010 Act (report to Scottish Ministers), the requirements imposed by sections 7 and 8 of the 2019 Act are relevant requirements.

MAREE TODD

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

7th February 2024