Schedule 1The office of Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland

Part 1Status and independence

Exclusion of Crown Status

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(1)

The Commissioner—

(a)

is not a servant or agent of the Crown, and

(b)

does not enjoy any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown.

(2)

The Commissioner’s property is not to be regarded as property of, or property held on behalf of, the Crown.

(3)

Individuals working as the Commissioner’s staff are not, on that account, to be regarded as civil servants.