The Act Part 5 – Social Care and Social Work: Scrutiny and Improvement Chapter 5 – Miscellaneous Section 99 – Arrangements entered into by local authority or health body: services to be registered
179.This section provides that, although a service commissioned by a local authority or health board need not exist as a registered care service at the time the contract is entered into, the service must be registered by SCSWIS by the time it is actually provided.