The Scottish Social Services Council (Consultation on Codes of Practice) Order 2001

Consultation on Codes of Practice

2.  The persons, and groups of persons, prescribed for the purposes of section 53(2)(b) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (persons prescribed by the Scottish Ministers to be consulted before the Council publishes a code of practice under that section) are–

(a)every local authority;

(b)every other employer in Scotland, known to the Council, of social service workers;

(c)every organisation, having a place of business in Scotland, known to the Council as representing the interests of service users and carers;

(d)every professional body or trade union, known to the Council as representing the interests of social service workers;

(e)every organisation, having a place of business in Scotland, known to the Council as representing the interests of the providers of care services;

(f)the providers of any course approved by the Council under section 54 of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001, or treated as so approved by virtue of article 5(2)(a) of the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work (Transfer Scheme) Order 2001(1);

(g)every education and training establishment approved by the Scottish Qualifications Authority in accordance with section 2 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1996(2) as being suitable for presenting social service workers for SQA qualifications in Care and Higher National Certificates in Social Care;

(h)the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting established under section 1 of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997(3);

(i)the Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine established under section 1 of the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960(4);

(j)the General Teaching Council for Scotland established under section 1 of the Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965(5); and

(k)the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland established under section 2 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984(6).