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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-care-scotland-act-2001/section-64",
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  "legislation": "asp/2001/8",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-care-scotland-act-2001",
  "path": "section/64",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "64",
  "heading": "Complaints procedure",
  "text": "(1) The Council shall establish a procedure by which a person, or someone acting on a person’s behalf, may make complaints (or other representations) in relation to the exercise by the Council of, or failure by it to exercise, any of its functions under this Act in respect of the person.\n(2) Before establishing a procedure under subsection (1) above, the Council shall consult the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman on its proposals for such a procedure ....\n(3) The Council shall keep the procedure so established by it under review and shall vary that procedure whenever, after such consultation, it considers it appropriate to do so.\n(4) The Council shall give such publicity to that procedure (including that procedure as varied under subsection (3) above) as it considers appropriate and shall give a copy of the procedure to any person who requests it.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 64(1) substituted (1.10.2010 for specified purposes, 1.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), sch. 14 para. 9(a)(i); S.S.I. 2010/321, art. 3, sch.; S.S.I. 2011/122, art. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 64(1) substituted (1.10.2010 for specified purposes, 1.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), sch. 14 para. 9(a)(ii); S.S.I. 2010/321, art. 3, sch.; S.S.I. 2011/122, art. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 64(2) substituted (1.10.2010 for specified purposes, 1.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), sch. 14 para. 9(b); S.S.I. 2010/321, art. 3, sch.; S.S.I. 2011/122, art. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 64(2) substituted (1.8.2010) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), sch. 15 para. 11(a)(i); S.S.I. 2010/221, art. 3(2), sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 64(2) repealed (1.8.2010) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), sch. 15 para. 11(a)(ii); S.S.I. 2010/221, art. 3(2), sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in s. 64(3) substituted (1.10.2010 for specified purposes, 1.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), sch. 14 para. 9(c); S.S.I. 2010/321, art. 3, sch.; S.S.I. 2011/122, art. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 64(3) substituted (1.8.2010) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), sch. 15 para. 11(b); S.S.I. 2010/221, art. 3(2), sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Word in s. 64(4) substituted (1.10.2010 for specified purposes, 1.4.2011 in so far as not already in force) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), sch. 14 para. 9(d); S.S.I. 2010/321, art. 3, sch.; S.S.I. 2011/122, art. 2, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/8/section/64",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:15.795839+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."
}