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Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Act 2023

Part 3: General powers

78.Paragraph 13 permits the Commissioner to do anything which appears to it to be necessary or expedient to the carrying out of its functions.

79.Paragraph 13(2) permits the Commissioner to charge a reasonable fee for providing anything in connection with its purposes.

80.Paragraph 14 outlines the restrictions on the Commissioner’s general powers in relation to the acquisition and disposal of land, namely that the Commissioner may not acquire or dispose of land without the consent of the SPCB.

81.Paragraph 15 provides that the Commissioner may not charge a body constituted by virtue of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 for anything the Commissioner provides to such a body.

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