57.Subsection (1) replicates a further aspect of regulation 15 of the 2011 Regulations, setting out that a care service provider must ensure staff have received appropriate training for their role, as well as providing assistance to employees to obtain relevant qualifications. This includes providing time off work.
58.Subsection (2) provides that the training duty in subsection (1) includes the use of any staffing method prescribed by the Scottish Ministers under the new section 82B power inserted into the 2010 Act by section 12 of the Act.