Explanatory note

These Regulations bring into force on 1 May 2024 all remaining provisions of the Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Act 2023 (“the Act”) with the exception of paragraphs 2 and 4 of schedule 2, which these Regulations bring into force on 1 September 2025.

Paragraph 2 of schedule 2 of the Act adds the Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland (the “Commissioner”) to the list of Scottish public authorities in schedule 1 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. Paragraph 4 of schedule 2 of the Act adds the Commissioner to the list of authorities in the schedule of the Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011.

The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 7 November 2023. Sections 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 of the Act came into force on the following day.