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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Prescribed Services and Activities) (Protected Adult) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 and come into force on the same day as section 75 of the Disclosure Act.
(2) In these Regulations—
 “the 1978 Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978,
 “the 2014 Act” means the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014,
 “the Disclosure Act” means the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020
 “the PVG Act” means the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.
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(1) For the purposes of section 94(1)(c) of the PVG Act (as amended by section 75(2) of the Disclosure Act), a prescribed health service is a service provided or secured by—
(a) a Health Board or Special Health Board constituted by order under section 2 of the 1978 Act, acting in exercise of functions conferred by that Act,
(b) a person to whom functions are delegated by a Health Board in pursuance of an integration scheme prepared under section 1 or 2 of the 2014 Act,
(c) an independent hospital
(d) a private psychiatric hospital,
(e) an independent clinic,
(f) an independent medical agency,
(g) an independent ambulance service.
(2) Expressions used in paragraph (1)(c) to (g) have the same meaning as in section 10F of the 1978 Act.
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(1) For the purposes of section 94(1)(d) of the PVG Act (as amended by section 75(2) of the Disclosure Act) the prescribed activities for the community care services set out in paragraph (2)are the activities mentioned in either of paragraphs 15 or 17 of Part 2 of schedule 3 of the PVG Act.
(2) For the purposes of section 94(1)(d)(v) of the PVG Act, a prescribed community care service is a service that is provided or secured by—
(a) a council under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 or the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003,
(b) a person to whom a function conferred by either of those Acts is delegated by a council in pursuance of an integration scheme prepared under section 1 or 2 of the 2014 Act.
NATALIE DON-INNES
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
9th January 2025