The Public Services Reform (Joint Inspections) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

Interpretation

This section has no associated Executive Note

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010;

“authorised person” means a person authorised in terms of regulation 3;

“information” includes any document, record (including personal records) or item or any part of a document, record or item;

“personal records” includes health records within the meaning of section 105 (interpretation of Part 5);

“service” means any children’s service (as defined in section 115(12) (joint inspections)), such other service as the Scottish Ministers specify under section 115(1)(b) or a combination of services;

“service user” means a person who is provided with, who uses or is eligible to use a service.

(2) Any reference in these Regulations—

(a)to the provision of a service includes the management, organisation or co-ordination of a service; and

(b)to a section is a reference to that section of the Act except where otherwise indicated.