PART 4 GENERAL PRINCIPLES
59 General principles
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The Scottish Ministers F1... and the Council shall exercise their functions under this Act in accordance with the principles set out in the following subsections.
2
The safety and welfare of all persons who use, or are eligible to use, care services are to be protected and enhanced.
3
The independence of those persons is to be promoted.
4
Diversity in the provision of care services is to be promoted with a view to those persons being afforded choice.
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In subsection (2), “care service” means a care service as defined in section 47(1) of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8).