# The Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Act 2023 (Commencement) Regulations 2024, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2024/110/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/patient-safety-commissioner-for-scotland-act-2023-commencement-regulations-2024/note
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