Part 5 S Social care and social work: scrutiny and improvement

[F1 CHAPTER 3A S Care services: staffing

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 5 Ch. 3A inserted (1.4.2024) by Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 6), ss. 12(2), 15(2); S.S.I. 2024/20, reg. 2(2) (as amended by The Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 Amendment Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/127), regs. 1, 3(4))

82F Interpretation of Chapter S

In this Chapter—

• “care home services for adults” means care home services provided for individuals who have reached the age of 18 years,

• “care services” excludes care services provided by individuals who do not employ, or have not otherwise made arrangements with, other persons to assist with the provision of that service,

• “integration authority” has the meaning given by section 59 of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014,

• “working in a care service”, in relation to an individual, includes—

  (a)

  working for payment or as a volunteer, and

  (b)

  working under a contract of service or apprenticeship, a contract for services or otherwise than under a contract.]