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<Title><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2008/5" id="c00001" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2008" Number="0005">Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008</Citation></Title>
<Number>5</Number>
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<DateText>16 July 2008</DateText>
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</Number><Title>Public Health Functions of Health Boards</Title><CommentaryDivision id="n00081" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2008/5/notes/division/2/4/9" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2008/5/notes/division/2/4/9"><Title>Compensation</Title><CommentaryP1 id="n00082" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2008/5/notes/division/2/4/9/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2008/5/notes/division/2/4/9/1">
<Title><CitationSubRef id="c00191" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2008/5/section/56" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-56">Section 56</CitationSubRef> Compensation for voluntary compliance with request</Title>
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<Text>Subsection (<CitationSubRef id="c00193" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2008/5/section/56/1" CitationRef="c00191" SectionRef="section-56-1">1</CitationSubRef>) provides that a health board must compensate any person who suffers any loss as a result of voluntarily complying with a request to be quarantined, excluded from certain places or prohibited from carrying on certain activities. Such a request must be made by a health board in writing and must specify the action required of the person.</Text>
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<Text>Subsection (<CitationSubRef id="c00195" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2008/5/section/56/4" CitationRef="c00191" SectionRef="section-56-4">4</CitationSubRef>) states that compensation is not payable where the loss is attributable to the fault of the person claiming the loss. Subsection (5) provides that any dispute as to a person’s entitlement to compensation under this section or the amount of compensation is to be determined by a single arbiter appointed by agreement between the board and the person claiming loss or, if such agreement cannot be reached, by an arbiter appointed by the sheriff.</Text>
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<Text>Subsection (<CitationSubRef id="c00197" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2008/5/section/56/6" CitationRef="c00191" SectionRef="section-56-6">6</CitationSubRef>) provides that the Scottish Ministers may, by regulations, make further provision about compensation to which this section applies.  Regulations will be made by negative procedure.</Text>
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