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 M1Children and Young Persons Act 1933,

  • “approved school order” has the meaning assigned to it by section 107(1) of the M2Children and Young Persons Act 1933,

  • F1. . .

  • F2. . .

  • F3...

  • F4...

  • [F5“compulsory supervision order” has the meaning given by section 83 of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 1),]

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

  • [F6“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 [F7, Part 2 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.36) or the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 1)], whether for reward or not,

  • “functions” shall include powers and duties,

  • F8. . .

  • [F9“hospital” has the meaning assigned to it by section 329 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003]

  • “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,

  • [F10“mental health officer ” means a person appointed under subsection (1) of section 32 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13); and includes a person deemed, by virtue of subsection (3) of that section, to be so appointed; ]

  • “mental health officer” means an officer of a local authority appointed to act as a mental health officer for the purposes of the [F11said Act of 1984],

  • [F12“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)

    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

    (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,

  • F14. . .

  • [F15 “prescribed” means—

    (a)

    in [F16section 3] prescribed by regulations,

    (b)

    F17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    (c)

    in sections [F1812(3A),][F1927A, 27B,]. . . , 94, paragraphs 2(2) and (3), 4(3) and (4) of Schedule 7, prescribed by order,

    [F20 and “prescribe” shall be construed accordingly. ]]

  • [F21 “probation order”, in relation to an order imposed by a court in Northern Ireland, has the same meaning as in the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, ]

  • “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 [F22, Part 2 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.36) or the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 1)], whether for reward or not,

  • F23. . .,

  • “supervision order”, in relation to an order imposed by a court in England or Wales, [F24means a supervision order under F25... Act or the Children Act 1989], and in relation to an order imposed by a court in Northern Ireland [F26means a supervision order under the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 or the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995],

  • F27...

  • [F28 “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 M3Public Health and Local Government (Administrative Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1946.

  • [F29 “youth rehabilitation order” means an order made under [F30Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Sentencing Code]. ]

(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 Words in s. 94(1) repealed (4.4.2005) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3) (4), Sch. 37 Pt. 7; S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 44(4)(d) (with Sch. 2) (as explained (29.7.2005) by S.I. 2005/2122, art. 2; and as amended: (14.7.2008) by 2008 c. 4, Sch. 26 para. 78, Sch. 28 Pt. 2; S.I. 2008/1586, Sch. 1 paras. 48(s), 50(2)(d); (30.11.2009) by S.I. 2009/3111, art. 2; (3.12.2012) by S.I. 2012/2905, art. 4; (3.12.2012) by 2012 c. 10, Sch. 14 para. 17; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(l))

F4Words in s. 94 repealed (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), sch. 8 Pt. 1; S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)

F8 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)

F10 Words in s. 94(1) substituted (5.10.2005) by Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13), s. 333(2), sch. 4 para. 1(8); S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 3 (as substituted (1.7.2005) by S.S.I. 2005/375, art. 2 and as amended (22.9.2005) by S.S.I. 2005/459, art. 2)

F12 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)

F14 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))

F16 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))

F17 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))

F23 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))

F26 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

F28 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))

F30Words in s. 94(1) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 21 (with Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

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