Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968

94 Interpretation. S

(1) In this Act, except where otherwise expressly provided or the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them—

• “approved school” means a school approved by the Secretary of State under section 79 of the M1 Children and Young Persons Act 1933,

• “approved school order” has the meaning assigned to it by section 107(1) of the M2 Children and Young Persons Act 1933,

• F1 . . .

• F2 . . .

• “constable” means a constable of a police force within the meaning of the M3 Police (Scotland) Act 1967,

• “contributor” and “contribution order” have the meanings respectively assigned to them by sections 78 and 80 of this Act,

• [F3 “domiciliary services” means any services, being services provided in the home, which appear to a local authority to be necessary for the purpose of enabling a person to maintain as independent an existence as is practicable in his home;]

• “establishment” means an establishment managed by a local authority, voluntary organisation or any other person, which provides non-residential accommodation for the purposes of this Act [F4 or of Part II of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995,] whether for reward or not,

• “functions” shall include powers and duties,

• F5 . . .

• “hospital” means—

(a) any hospital vested in the Secretary of State under the M4 National Health Service (Scotland) Act [F6 1978],

[F7 (aa) any hospital managed by a National Health Service trust established under section 12A of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;]

(b) any private hospital registered under the [F8 Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984], and

(c) any State hospital, within the meaning of [F8 Part VIII of the said Act of 1984],

• “local authority”, in relation to Scotland, has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(2) of this Act,

• “maintainable child” has the meaning assigned to it by section 78 of this Act,

• “mental disorder” has the meaning assigned to it by [F9 section 1(2) of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984],

• “mental health officer” means an officer of a local authority appointed to act as a mental health officer for the purposes of the [F10 said Act of 1984],

• [F11 “parent” means either parent or both parents, except that where the child was born out of wedlock and the parents have not subsequently married each other it means the natural mother but not the natural father;]

• “performance”, in relation to functions, includes the exercise of powers as well as the performance of duties, and “perform” shall be construed accordingly,

• “persons in need” means persons who,

(a) are in need of care and attention arising out of infirmity, youth or age; or

(b) suffer from illness or mental disorder or are substantially handicapped by any deformity or disability; or

(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12

(d) being persons prescribed by the Secretary of State who have asked for assistance, are, in the opinion of a local authority, persons to whom the authority may appropriately make available the services and facilities provided by them under this Act,

• F13 . . .

• [F14 “prescribed” means—

(a) in [F15 section 3] prescribed by regulations,

F16 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) in sections [F17 27A, 27B,] 62(2), [F18 64A(3),] 66(1) and (2), 94, paragraphs 2(2) and (3), 4(3) and (4) of Schedule 7, prescribed by order,

[F19 and “prescribe” shall be construed accordingly.]]

• “probation order”, in relation to an order imposed by a court in England or Wales, has the meaning assigned to it by [F20 section 2 of the M5 Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973], and in relation to such an order, imposed by a court in Northern Ireland, has the same meaning as in the M6 Probation Act (Northern Ireland) 1950,

• “residential establishment” means an establishment managed by a local authority, voluntary organisation or any other person, which provides residential accommodation for the purposes of this Act [F21 or of Part II of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995], whether for reward or not,

• F22 . . .,

• “supervision order”, in relation to an order imposed by a court in England or Wales, [F23 means a supervision order under the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 Act or the Children Act 1989], and in relation to an order imposed by a court in Northern Ireland [F24 means a supervision order under the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 or the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995],

• “supervision requirement” has the meaning assigned to it by [F25 section 70(1) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995],

• [F26 “training school” has the meaning assigned to it by section 180(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968;]

• “training school order” means an order made by a court in Northern Ireland sending a child or young person to a training school,

• “voluntary organisation” means a body the activities of which are carried on otherwise than for profit, but does not include any public or local authority,

• “welfare authority” means a welfare authority constituted under the M7 Public Health and Local Government (Administrative Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1946.

(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to any other enactment is a reference thereto as amended, and includes a reference thereto as extended or applied by or under any other enactment including this Act.

(3) Without prejudice to the last foregoing subsection, any reference in this Act to an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, or to an enactment which that Parliament has power to amend, shall be construed, in relation to Northern Ireland, as a reference to that enactment as amended by any Act of that Parliament, whether passed before or after this Act, and to any enactment of that Parliament passed after this Act and re-enacting the said enactment with or without modifications.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 94(1): definition of “children's panel” and “children's hearing” repealed (12.12.1996 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4)(5), Sch. 4 para. 15(28)(a), Sch. 5 (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(6)(7) (which said art. 3(7) was substituted (7.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/744, art. 2 (with transitional provisions inserted into S.I. 1996/3201 by art. 3))

F2 S. 94(1): definition of “compulsory measures of care” repealed (12.12.1996 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4)(5), Sch. 4 para. 15(28)(b), Sch. 5 (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(6)(7) (which said art. 3(7) was substituted (7.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/744, art. 2 (with transitional provisions inserted into S.I. 1996/3201 by art. 3))

F3 Definition inserted (1.4.1991) by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(1), Sch. 9 para. 10(14)(a)

F4 S. 94(1): words in the definition of “establishment” inserted (12.12.1996 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 15(28)(c) (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(6)(7) (which said art. 3(7) was substituted (7.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/744, art. 2 (with transitional provisions inserted into S.I. 1996/3201 by art. 3))

F5 S. 94(1): definition of “guardian” repealed (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4)(5), Sch. 4 para. 15(28)(d), Sch. 5; S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3(3), Sch., Table (with arts. 4-7)

F6 Words substituted by National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29, SIF 113:2), Sch. 16 para. 29(3)

F7 Para. (aa) inserted by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 66(1), Sch. 9 para. 10(14)(b)

F8 Words substituted by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 36, SIF 85), s. 127(1), Sch. 3 para. 17(a)

F9 Words substituted by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 36, SIF 85), s. 127(1), Sch. 3 para. 17(b)

F10 Words substituted by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 36, SIF 85), s. 127(1), Sch. 3 para. 17(c)

F11 S. 94(1): definition of “parent” substituted (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 15(28)(e) (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3, Sch. (with arts. 4-7)

F12 Para (c) repealed by Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 (c. 48, SIF:61), Sch.

F13 S. 94(1): definition of “place of safety” repealed (12.12.1996 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4)(5), Sch. 4 para. 15(28)(f), Sch. 5 (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(6)(7) (which said art. 3(7) was substituted (7.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/744, art. 2 (with transitional provisions inserted into S.I. 1996/3201 by art. 3))

F14 Definition inserted by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54, SIF 20), s. 73(4)(c), Sch. 5 para. 64(1)

F15 S.94(1): words in the definition of “prescribed” in para. (a) substituted (12.12.1996 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 15(28)(g)(i) (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(6)(7) (which said art. 3(7) was substituted (7.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/744, art. 2 (with transitional provisions inserted into S.I. 1996/3201 by art. 3))

F16 S. 94(1): para. (b) in the definition of “prescribed” repealed (12.12.1996 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4)(5), Sch. 4 para. 15(28)(g)(ii), Sch. 5 (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(6)(7) (which said art. 3(7) was substituted (S.) (7.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/744, art. 2 (with transitional provisions inserted into S.I. 1996/3201 by art. 3))

F17 Words in s. 94(1) inserted (01. 04. 1991) by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40, SIF 39:1), s. 61(7); S.I. 1991/850, art. 3 Sch.

F18 “64A(3),” inserted by Registered Establishments (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 40, SIF 81:3), s. 6(2)(a)

F19 Words inserted by Registered Establishments (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 40, SIF 81:3), s. 6(2)(b)

F20 Words substituted by Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (c. 62, SIF 39:1), s. 56(1), Sch. 5 para. 30

F21 S. 94(1): words in the definition of “residential establishment” inserted (12.12.1996 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 15(28)(h) (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(6)(7) (which said art. 3(7) was substituted (7.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/744, art. 2 (with transitional provisions inserted into S.I. 1996/3201 by art. 3))

F22 S. 94(1): definition of “school age” repealed (12.12.1996 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4)(5), Sch. 4 para. 15(28)(i), Sch. 5 (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(6)(7) (which said art. 3(7) was substituted (7.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/744, art. 2 (with transitional provisions inserted into S.I. 1996/3201 by art. 3))

F23 Words in s. 94(1) substituted (14. 10. 1991) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 76:1), s. 116, Sch. 16 para. 36; S.I. 1991/1883, art. 3 Sch.

F24 S. 94(1): words in the definition of “supervision order” substituted (4.11.1996) by S.I. 1995/756, art. 5(6); S.R. 1996/297, art. 3

F25 S. 94(1): words in the definition of “supervision requirement” (12.12.1996 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 15(28)(j) (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(6)(7) (which said art. 3(7) was substituted (7.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/744, art. 2 (with transitional provisions inserted into S.I. 1996/3201 by art. 3))

F26 S. 94(1): definition of “training school” substituted (12.12.1996 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 15(28)(k) (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(6)(7) (which said art. 3(7) was substituted (7.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/744, art. 2 (with transitional provisions inserted into S.I. 1996/3201 by art. 3))

Marginal Citations

M1 1933 c. 12.

M2 1933 c. 12.

M3 1967 c. 77.

M4 1978 c. 29.

M5 1973 c. 62.

M6 1950 c. 7 (N.I.)

M7 1946 c. 19 (N.I.)