Final provisions

I121Interpretation

In this Act—

  • Commissioner” means the Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland,

  • forensic medical examination” is to be construed in accordance with section 2(3) of the Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Act 2021,

  • health care” means—

    1. a

      services provided for or in connection with the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of illness, and

    2. b

      forensic medical examinations,

  • Parliamentary corporation” means the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body,

  • patient”—

    1. a

      is to be construed in accordance with the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, and

    2. b

      includes a person to whom a forensic medical examination is provided.