(1)In this Act—
“the 1948 Act” means the National Assistance Act 1948 (c.29);
“the 1968 Act” means the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c.49);
“the 1978 Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c.29);
“the 1984 Act” means the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 (c.36);
“the 1995 Act” means the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.36);
“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39);
“NHS body” means—
a Health Board, constituted by order made under section 2(1)(a) of the 1978 Act;
a Special Health Board, constituted by order made under section 2(1)(b) of that Act;
a National Health Service trust, established by order made under section 12A(1) of that Act; or
the Common Services Agency, constituted by section 10(1) of that Act;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Scottish Ministers; and
“social care” means, subject to subsection (2) below, a service provided—
under the 1968 Act; or
under section 7 (arrangements in relation to persons who are or have been suffering from mental disorder) or 8 (provision of after-care services for such persons) of the 1984 Act,
to an individual by a local authority or a service the provision of which to an individual, under the 1968 Act or either of those sections, is secured by a local authority.
(2)In this Act, “social care” does not include a service which (or so much of a service as) consists of the provision of accommodation; but in the definition of the expression in subsection (1) above, the references to a service being provided are to the provision of any other form of assistance (including, without prejudice to that generality, the provision of advice, guidance or a material thing).