Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8)

Part 5 Social care and social work: scrutiny and improvement

Chapter 1 Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland

Key definitions

47 Care services

(1) In this Part, a “care service” is any of the following—

(a) a support service,

(b) a care home service,

(c) a school care accommodation service,

(d) a nurse agency,

(e) a child care agency,

(f) a secure accommodation service,

(g) an offender accommodation service,

(h) an adoption service,

(i) a fostering service,

(j) an adult placement service,

(k) child minding,

(l) day care of children,

(m) a housing support service.

(2) Schedule 12 (which provides definitions for the purposes of subsection (1)) has effect.