The Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (Health and Social Care) Savings and Transitional Provisions Order 2011

PART I GENERAL

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (Health and Social Care) Savings and Transitional Provisions Order 2011 and comes into force on 1st April 2011.

(2) In this Order—

“the appointed day” is 1st April 2011;

“care service” has the meaning given by section 47(1) of the 2010 Act;

“independent health care service” has the meaning given by section 10F of the NHS Act(1);

“the 2001 Act” means the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001(2);

“the 2006 Act” means the Joint Inspection of Children’s Services and Inspection of Social Work Services (Scotland) Act 2006(3);

“the 2010 Act” means the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010;

“the NHS Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;

“the Commission” means the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care(4);

“HIS” means Healthcare Improvement Scotland(5); and

“SCSWIS” means Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland(6).

(1)

1978 c.29. Sections 10A to 10Z19 were inserted by the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), section 108.

(2)

2001 asp 8.

(3)

2006 asp 3.

(4)

The Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care was established by section 1 of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 8).

(5)

Healthcare Improvement Scotland was established by section 10A of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c.29).

(6)

Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland was established by section 44 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8).