Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007: 2007 asp 10

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Great Britain Scottish Parliament

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TSO (The Stationery Office)

Royal assent, 21st March 2007. An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the purposes of protecting adults from harm; to require the establishment of committees with functions relating to the safeguarding of adults who are at risk of harm; to amend the law relating to incapable adults; to remove an individual's liability for expenses incurred by councils in performing certain functions in relation to the individual's spouse or child; to allow the Scottish Ministers to delegate their functions relating to councils' duty to pay sums for the purposes of securing community care services; to make provision entitling a council to recover expenses incurred in providing social services to persons who are not ordinarily resident in the council's area; to allow the Public Guardian to intervene in court proceedings; to amend the law relating to mentally disordered persons. Explanatory notes have been produced to assist in the understanding of this Act and are available separately (I