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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/duty-of-candour-procedure-scotland-regulations-2018/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2018/57",
  "legislation_title": "The Duty of Candour Procedure (Scotland) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/duty-of-candour-procedure-scotland-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Notification",
  "text": "(1) In respect of an incident, the responsible person must notify the relevant person in accordance with this regulation.\n(2) The notification must include—\n(a) an account of the incident insofar as the responsible person is aware of the facts at the date the notification is provided;\n(b) an explanation of the actions that the responsible person will take as part of the duty of candour procedure; and\n(c) where the procedure start date is later than one month after the date on which the incident occurred, an explanation of the reason for this.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/57/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:14:01.139333+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."
}