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3.—(1) A council(1) shall not authorise a person to perform the functions of a council officer under sections 7 to 10 (investigative functions) unless that person meets the requirements set out in paragraph (2).
(2) Those requirements are–
(a)the person–
(i)is registered in the part of the SSSC register maintained in respect of social workers or is the subject of an equivalent registration;
(ii)is registered in the part of the SSSC register maintained in respect of social service workers;
(iii)is registered as an occupational therapist in the register maintained under article 5(1) (establishment and maintenance of register) of the Health Professions Order 2001(2); or
(iv)is a nurse; and
(b)the person has at least 12 months' post qualifying experience of identifying, assessing and managing adults at risk.
“Council” is defined in section 53(1) of the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 10).
S.I. 2002/254.
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