The Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2002

Certificates

7.—(1) Where a care service is, by virtue of article 3 or 6, to be treated as if it had been registered under the Act, and–

(a) a certificate has been issued to the person who provides the service under–

(i) section 1(3) of the 1938 Act;

(ii) section 62(3) of the 1968 Act; or

(iii) paragraph 6 of Schedule 9 to the 1989 Act, or

(b) a licence has been issued to the person who provides the service under section 28(2) of the 1951 Act,

that certificate or licence shall be treated for the purposes of the Act as if it was the certificate issued under section 9(3) of the Act.

(2) Where no such certificate or licence has been issued as specified in paragraph (1), section 9(4) of the Act shall not apply to the care service until the Commission has issued a certificate of registration under the Act.