{"id":6178,"date":"2019-08-21T11:09:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T10:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/GirfecFalkirk\/?page_id=6178"},"modified":"2019-08-21T11:09:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T10:09:03","slug":"associated-legislation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/adult-support-and-protection\/associated-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Associated Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are 3 main pieces of legislation aimed at helping adults in Scotland stay safe and assisting them to make decisions about their welfare.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/asp\/2007\/10\/contents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) 2007 Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/asp\/2000\/4\/contents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) 2000 Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/asp\/2003\/13\/contents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>There are many associated pieces of legislation and the following list may be relevant in some situations. This list is not exhaustive. Practitioners and managers will always need to consider specific legal advice when there are legal issues to be considered:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/1968\/49\/contents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/asp\/2015\/9\/section\/14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/1990\/19\/contents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ssi\/2015\/179\/body\/made\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/asp\/2001\/8\/contents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/asp\/2010\/8\/contents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/2010\/15\/contents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Equality Act 2010<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/asp\/2011\/15\/part\/1\/crossheading\/forced-marriage-protection-orders\/enacted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forced Marriage etc (Protection and Jurisdiction) (Scotland) Act 2011<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/asp\/2004\/3\/contents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vulnerable Witnesses\u00a0 (Scotland) Act 2004<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ssi\/2009\/388\/contents\/made\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Public Health etc (Scotland) Act 2008<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/asp\/2013\/1\/contents\/enacted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/1995\/36\/contents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Children (Scotland) Act 1995<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/asp\/2005\/9\/contents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/asp\/2009\/9\/contents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/asp\/2014\/8\/contents\/enacted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/asp\/2016\/14\/contents\/enacted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/1981\/59\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are 3 main pieces of legislation aimed at helping adults in Scotland stay safe and assisting them to make decisions about their welfare. Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) 2007 Act Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) 2000 Act Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 There are many associated pieces of legislation and the following &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"parent":6173,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6178","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6178\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/fvpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}