Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order specifies the information which is to be provided by a person who makes an application for registration of a care service under the Registration of Care (Scotland) Act 2001. Where the application is made under Part 1 of the Act the information is specified by article 2 and the Schedule. Where the application is made under Part 2 of the Act the information is specified by article 3 and the Schedule.
The Order also specifies the information which is to be provided by a person who makes an application for variation or removal of a condition of registration relating to registration of a care service (article 4) or for cancellation of the registration of a care service (article 5).
The Order also prescribes the Mental Welfare Commission as a body to which the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care is under section 4(3)(b) of the Act to provide advice when asked to do so.