Part 5Social care and social work: scrutiny and improvement
Chapter 5Miscellaneous
100Local authorities and health bodies: awareness of SCSWIS reports etc.
1
For the purposes of its functions as they relate to the provision of care services (including the making of arrangements with other persons to provide such services)—
a
a local authority,
b
a health body,
must take into account the matters mentioned in subsection (3).
2
In carrying out its duty under subsection (1), a local authority or health body must have regard to any guidance issued by the Scottish Ministers in respect of that duty.
3
The matters are such—
a
reports,
b
information,
c
notices,
prepared, disseminated, given or otherwise produced by SCSWIS as are relevant to the provision of the services mentioned in subsection (1) or, as the case may be, to the organisation or co-ordination of those services.