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This Order may be cited as the Regulation of Care (Applications and Provision of Advice) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 22nd December 2003.
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(1) The Regulation of Care (Applications and Provision of Advice) (Scotland) Order 2002 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (2) of article 1 (interpretation), insert–“
 “care at home service” means a support service which provides personal care or personal support to a person ("the recipient") within the recipient’s home;”
(3) In article 2 (applications for registration)–
(a) in paragraph (1), for “paragraphs (2), (3) and (4)” substitute “the following paragraphs”; and
(b) after paragraph (4), insert–“
(5) Where an application is for registration of a care at home service, paragraphs 12, 32 and 33 of the Schedule shall not apply.”.
(4) In paragraph 31 of the Schedule, after “independent health care service”, insert “or a care at home service”.
TOM McCABE
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
26th November 2003