In these Regulations—

• “the 1996 Regulations” means the Secure Accommodation (Scotland) Regulations 19966;

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

• “the 2011 Act” means the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011;

• “Criminal Procedure Act” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995;

• “day” includes a part of a day;

• “head of unit” means the person in charge of the residential establishment containing the secure accommodation who is responsible to the managers of that establishment;

• “managers” means—

  1. a

     in the case of a local authority, those officers having delegated powers under section 56 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 19737 for the management of the residential establishment providing secure accommodation;

  2. b

     in any other case those who are responsible for management of the residential establishment providing secure accommodation;

• “permanence order” means an order made under section 80(1) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 20078;

• “relevant date” means the day on which these regulations come into force;

• “relevant person” means—

  1. a

     a relevant person within the meaning of section 200 of the 2011 Act; and

  2. b

     a person who is to be treated as the child’s relevant person by virtue of a decision under section 81(3), 160(4)(b) or 164(6) of the 2011 Act;

• “residential establishment” has the meaning given by paragraph (a) of that definition in section 202(1) of the 2011 Act;

• “secure accommodation” means accommodation provided for the purpose of restricting the liberty of children in a residential establishment;

• “secure accommodation service” has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of Schedule 12 to the 2010 Act.