Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) 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.

(2) In these Regulations—

“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994(1),

“young carer” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016(2),

“the 1968 Act” means the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968(3),

“the 1995 Act” means the Children (Scotland) Act 1995(4),

“the 2013 Act” means the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013(5),

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

“the 2020 Act” means the Coronavirus Act 2020.

(1)

1994 c. 39. Section 2 was amended by paragraph 232(1) of schedule 22 of the Environment Act 1996 (c. 25).