(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations bring into force on 1st April 2018 Part 2 (duty of candour) of the Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016 (“the Act”) so far as it is not already in force.
The provisions in Part 2 of the Act relate to the duty of candour procedure.
Sections 34, 35, 36 and 37 of the Act came into force on 7th April 2016, which was the day after Royal Assent.