1988 No. 1091 (S.107)
The Social Work (Residential Establishments-Child Care) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1988
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5(2) and 60(1) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Work (Residential Establishments-Child Care) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st August 1988.
Interpretation2
In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Social Work (Residential Establishments-Child Care) (Scotland) Regulations 1987(2).
Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations3
In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (interpretation) the definitions of “care authority” and “managers” shall be deleted and there shall be substituted, at the appropriate places in alphabetical order, the following entries:—
“care authority” means a local authority or voluntary organisation responsible for the welfare of a child where regulation 17 applies; , and
“managers” means—
a
in the case of a voluntary organisation, the management committee to whom powers are delegated within the organisation for management of the residential establishment;
b
in the case of a local authority, those officers exercising powers standing referred to the Social Work Committee under section 2(2) of the Act, or subject to an arrangement under section 161(3) of, and Schedule 20 to, the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973(3), for the management of the residential establishment;
(This note is not part of the Regulations)