Citation, commencement and interpretation
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This Order may be cited as the Regulation of Care (Applications and Provision of Advice) (Scotland) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.
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In this Order–
- “the Act” means the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001;
- “the applicant” means the person making an application for registration of a care service under the Act;
- “public body” means a body established by or under any enactment; and
- “relative” in relation to an applicant means a spouse, parent, grandparent, brother, sister, child, grandchild, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece of the applicant, a person who is living with the applicant as if that person were the applicant’s husband or wife, or a person of the same sex as the applicant who is living with the applicant in a relationship which has the characteristics (other than that the persons are of the opposite sex) of husband and wife.
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In this Order, references to employing a person include employing a person whether or not for payment and whether under a contract of service, a contract for services or otherwise than under a contract, and allowing a person to work as a volunteer; and references to employment, to an employee or to a person being employed shall be construed accordingly.