Application of the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (Restriction on the Authorisation of Council Officers) Order 2008 – application to an NHS body3.
(1)
Paragraph (2) applies where any function of a local authority under sections 7 to 11, 14, 16 or 18 of the 2007 Act is delegated by a local authority to an NHS body by virtue of arrangements made under section 15(1) of the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002.
(2)
The restrictions in the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (Restriction on the Authorisation of Council Officers) Order 20083 apply to an employee of an NHS body who is exercising those functions with the following modifications—
(a)
a relevant reference to a “council” is to be read as including a reference to the NHS body; and
(b)
a relevant reference to a “council officer” is to be read as including a reference to an employee of the NHS body.