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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patient-safety-commissioner-for-scotland-act-2023/section-3",
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  "legislation": "asp/2023/6",
  "legislation_title": "Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patient-safety-commissioner-for-scotland-act-2023",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Principles",
  "text": "(1) The Commissioner must—\n(a) have a statement of the principles that are to inform the exercise of the Commissioner’s functions, and\n(b) make the latest version of the statement publicly available.\n(2) The statement of principles must include the principle that the Commissioner will seek to work co-operatively with other persons where appropriate, having regard to the importance of the Commissioner’s independence.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 24(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at 1.5.2024 by S.S.I. 2024/110, reg. 2(1)"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2023/6/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:14.731881+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."
}