These Regulations may be cited as the Coronavirus Act 2020 (Suspension: Children and Young Persons Social Care) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 29 September 2021.

In these Regulations—

• “local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 19942,

• “young carer” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Carers (Scotland) Act 20163,

• “the 1968 Act” means the Social Work (Scotland) Act 19684,

• “the 1995 Act” means the Children (Scotland) Act 19955,

• “the 2013 Act” means the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 20136,

• “the 2016 Act” means the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016,

• “the 2020 Act” means the Coronavirus Act 2020.