Amendment of the principal Order2.

(1)

The Regulation of Care (Applications and Provision of Advice) (Scotland) Order 20022 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (2) of article 1 (interpretation)3, insert–

““care at home service” means a support service which provides personal care or personal support to a person ("the recipient") within the recipient’s home;”

(3)

In article 2 (applications for registration)4–

(a)

in paragraph (1), for “paragraphs (2), (3) and (4)” substitute “the following paragraphs”; and

(b)

after paragraph (4), insert–

“(5)

Where an application is for registration of a care at home service, paragraphs 12, 32 and 33 of the Schedule shall not apply.”.

(4)

In paragraph 31 of the Schedule, after “independent health care service”, insert “or a care at home service”.