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<Text>Before making regulations under section 10(1), the Scottish Ministers must consult—</Text>
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<Text>persons who are care-experienced persons for the purposes of section 10,</Text>
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<Text>persons who may become such persons by virtue of the regulations to which the consultation relates,</Text>
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<Text>such—</Text>
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<Text>persons who represent the interests of persons mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b), and</Text>
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<Text>other persons,</Text>
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<Text>as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.</Text>
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<Text>The Scottish Ministers must take such steps as they consider appropriate to publicise the regulations.</Text>
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<Text>Regulations made under section 10(1) may make different provision in relation to different persons or for different purposes.</Text>
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