Scottish Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 570
SOCIAL CARE
The Regulation of Care (Applications and Provision of Advice) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2003
Made 26th November 2003
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 27th November 2003
Coming into force 22nd December 2003

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7(2)(a) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
2001 asp 8; see section 77(1) for the definition of “prescribed”.

Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Regulation of Care (Applications and Provision of Advice) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 22nd December 2003.

Amendment of the principal Order
2. (1) The Regulation of Care (Applications and Provision of Advice) (Scotland) Order 2002 shall be amended as follows.
S.S.I. 2002/113.
(2) In paragraph (2) of article 1 (interpretation), 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;”

Article 1 was amended by S.S.I. 2003/151, article 2(2).
(3) In article 2 (applications for registration)–
Article 2 was substituted by 2003/151, article 2.
(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”.
TOM McCABE
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
26th November 2003

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Regulation of Care (Applications and Provisions of Advice) (Scotland) Order 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/113) so that it specifies the information which is to be provided by a person who makes an application for registration of a care at home service.