Scottish Statutory Instruments

2011 No. 26

Social Care

The Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Reports) Regulations 2011

Made

20th January 2011

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

24th January 2011

Coming into force

1st April 2011

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 57(4) of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Reports) Regulations 2011 and come into force on 1st April 2011.

Reports to the Scottish Ministers

2.  On completion of an inspection under section 55 (inspections at the request of the Scottish Ministers) of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland(2) must send a copy of the report on the matters inspected to the Scottish Ministers as soon as reasonably practicable.

SHONA ROBISON

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

20th January 2011

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision relating to reports prepared by Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS) under section 57 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (“the Act”).

Regulation 2 provides that SCSWIS must send a copy of any report prepared after an inspection under section 55 of the Act to the Scottish Ministers as soon as reasonably practicable.

(2)

Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland is established under section 44 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.