57.Section 20 inserts a new section 50A into the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 in order to enable the Scottish Social Services Council to require persons to provide it with information. The Scottish Social Services Council, which is established under section 43 of the Regulation of Care Act, is the regulatory body for social workers and social services workers in Scotland.
58.Section 57B of the Regulation of Care Act provides a basis for the Scottish Social Services Council to require the employers of social service workers to provide it with information. As the new section 50A will enable the Council to require any person to provide it with information, the specific power in section 57B to require employers to provide information will no longer be needed. Accordingly, section 20 of the Act goes on to provide for the repeal of section 57B of the Regulation of Care Act.
Overview of the Act Overview of Part 2 Scottish Social Services Council’s power to require information