Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Act 2023 (asp 6)

Schedule 1 The office of Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland

Part 3 General powers

General powers

13 (1) The Commissioner may do anything which appears to the Commissioner—

(a) necessary or expedient in order to achieve, or in connection with the exercise of the Commissioner’s functions, or

(b) to be otherwise conducive to the exercise of those functions.

(2) The Commissioner may, subject to paragraph 15, determine and charge reasonable sums for providing anything in connection with the exercise of the Commissioner’s functions.

Restrictions on general powers in relation to the acquisition or disposal of land

14 (1) The Commissioner may not acquire or dispose of land without the approval of the Parliamentary corporation.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1), the reference to acquiring or disposing of land includes acquiring or disposing of—

(a) any right or interest in or over land,

(b) a servitude or other right in or over land by the creation of a new right.

Restriction on charging for services

15 The Commissioner may not charge for providing anything to a body constituted by virtue of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.