# Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, Section 45: General principles


(1) SCSWIS must exercise its functions in accordance with the principles set out in the following subsections.
(2) The safety and wellbeing of all persons who use, or are eligible to use, any social service are to be protected and enhanced.
(3) The independence of those persons is to be promoted.
(4) Diversity in the provision of social services is to be promoted with a view to those persons being afforded choice.
(5) Good practice in the provision of social services is to be identified, promulgated and promoted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/8/section/45 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-reform-scotland-act-2010/section-45
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