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(1)SCSWIS must provide information to the public about the availability and quality of social services.
(2)A person requesting from SCSWIS information to be provided under subsection (1) is entitled to receive it in such form as that person may reasonably request.
(3)SCSWIS—
(a)may at any time, and must when asked to do so, provide advice to the Scottish Ministers,
(b)must when asked to do so provide advice to—
(i)persons who provide, seek to provide or may seek to provide social services,
(ii)persons, or groups of persons, representing those who use, or are eligible to use, social services,
(iii)persons, or groups of persons, representing those who care for those who use, or are eligible to use, social services,
(iv)local authorities,
(v)health bodies, and
(vi)such other persons, or groups of persons, as may be prescribed,
about any matter relevant to the functions of SCSWIS,
(c)may disseminate such information as it considers relevant of general or specific application arising out of or in connection with the discharge of its functions.
(4)SCSWIS may charge a reasonable fee determined by it for any advice, forms or documents provided for the assistance of any person, authority or body mentioned in subsection (3)(b).
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