Commentary on Sections Part 3 – Staffing in Care Services Section 10 – Ministerial guidance on staffing
60.This section allows the Scottish Ministers to publish guidance on carrying out the duties introduced by sections 3(1), 7 and 8. Before issuing guidance, the Scottish Ministers must consult the persons mentioned in subsection (2). Care service providers must have regard to any guidance issued when carrying out those duties: in other words they must follow such guidance unless they can show that it is reasonable in all the circumstances not to.