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Care Home Services (Visits to and by Care Home Residents) (Scotland) Regulations 2026: final business and regulatory impact assessment
Business and regulatory impact assessment undertaken to consider and assess any potential business impacts of the Care Services (Visits to and by Care Home Residents) (Scotland) Regulations 2026
Introduction
This Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment accompanies the Care Home Services (Visits to and by Care Home Residents) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 (‘the regulations’). It is written subject to the best available information at the time, based on consultation and engagement with relevant stakeholders.
It is structured into the following sections:
- Introduction
- Executive Summary
- Section 1 – Background, aims and options
- Section 2 – Engagement and information gathering
- Section 3 – Costs, impacts and benefits
- Section 4 – Additional implementation considerations
- Section 5 – Next steps and implementation