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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carers-scotland-act-2016/section-4",
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  "legislation": "asp/2016/9",
  "legislation_title": "Carers (Scotland) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carers-scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Meaning of “personal outcomes”",
  "text": "(1) In this Act “personal outcomes”, in relation to carers, includes outcomes which would, if achieved, enable carers to provide or continue to provide care for cared-for persons.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make further provision about personal outcomes, including provision about—\n(a) which outcomes may be personal outcomes,\n(b) the matters to which a relevant authority is to have regard in considering which outcomes may be personal outcomes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 4 in force at 1.10.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/152, reg. 3, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/9/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:35.677188+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}