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ANNEX A
DEFINITIONS OF TERMS PROVIDED IN THE CHILDREN (SCOTLAND) ACT 1995 AND THE SOCIAL WORK (SCOTLAND) ACT 1968 WHICH APPLY TO THE REGULATIONS BUT NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEFINITIONS SECTION
CHILDREN (SCOTLAND) ACT 1995
"accommodation" shall be construed in accordance with section 25(8) of this Act;
"children's hearing" shall be construed in accordance with section 39(3), but does not include a business meeting arranged under section 64, of this Act;
"compulsory measures of supervision" means, in respect of a child, such measures of supervision as may be imposed upon him by a children's hearing;
"contact order" has the meaning given by section 11(2)(d) of this Act;
"education authority" has the meaning given by section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c.44);
"family", in relation to a child, includes--
(a) any person who has parental responsibility for the child; and
(b) any other person with whom the child has been living;
"local authority" means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;
"parental responsibilities" has the meaning given by section 1(3) of this Act;
"parental responsibilities order" has the meaning given by section 86(1) of this Act;
"parental rights" has the meaning given by section 2(4) of this Act;
"the Principal Reporter" means the Principal Reporter appointed under section 127 of the said Act of 1994 or any officer of the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration to whom there is delegated, under section 131(1) of that Act, any function of the Principal Reporter under this Act;
"relevant local authority", in relation to a child who is subject to a warrant granted under this Part of this Act or to a supervision requirement, means the local authority for whose area there is established the children's panel from which the children's hearing which granted the warrant or imposed the supervision requirement was constituted;
"school age" shall be construed in accordance with section 31 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980;
"supervision requirement" has the meaning given by section 70(1) of this Act, and includes any condition contained in such a requirement or related to it;
"voluntary organisation" means a body (other than a public or local authority) whose activities are not carried on for profit; and
"child" means--
(i) a child who has not attained the age of sixteen years;
(ii) a child over the age of sixteen years who has not attained the age of eighteen years and in respect of whom a supervision requirement is in force; or
(iii) a child whose case has been referred to a children's hearing by virtue of section 33 of this Act;
"relevant person" in relation to a child means--
(a) any parent enjoying parental responsibilities or parental rights under Part I of this Act;
(b) any person in whom parental responsibilities or rights are vested by, under or by virtue of this Act; and
(c) any person who appears to be a person who ordinarily (and other than by reason only of his employment) has charge of, or control over, the child.
Any reference in this Act to a child-
(a) being "in need", is to his being in need of care and attention because--
(i) he is unlikely to achieve or maintain, or to have the opportunity of achieving or maintaining, a reasonable standard of health or development unless there are provided for him, under or by virtue of this Part, services by a local authority;
(ii) his health or development is likely significantly to be impaired, or further impaired, unless such services are so provided;
(iii) he is disabled; or
(iv) he is affected adversely by the disability of any other person in his family;
(b) who is "looked after" by a local authority, shall be construed in accordance with section 17(6) of this Act.
SOCIAL WORK (SCOTLAND) ACT 1968
"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 or of Part II of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, whether for reward or not,
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