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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-and-medical-devices-act-2021/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/3",
  "legislation_title": "Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021",
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  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
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  "number": "2",
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  "text": "(1) The Commissioner must take reasonable steps to involve patients in the discharge of the Commissioner's core duties.\n(2) The Commissioner must in particular take reasonable steps to—\n(a) ensure that patients are aware of the Commissioner's core duties and of how they may communicate with the Commissioner, and\n(b) consult patients, or persons who appear to the Commissioner to represent the interests of patients, on matters which the Commissioner proposes to consider in the discharge of the core duties.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/3/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:59:13.676472+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."
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