Regulation 8 Obtaining information

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 8(2)(cc) inserted by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (Supplementary and Consequential Provision) (NHS Foundation Trusts) 2004 Sch. 1 para. 43
reg 8 am by Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health (Functions) 2003 reg 4
reg. 8(2)(e) omitted by Local Involvement Networks 2008 Sch. para. 2(4)

(1)

Subject to regulation 8, the Commission, or a member or employee authorised by the Commission in writing, may require a body to which paragraph (2) applies to produce any information which appears to the Commission, or to the authorised person, to be necessary for the effective carrying out of the Commission’s functions under section 20(2), (3), (5) and (6) of the Act.

(2)

The bodies referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a)

a Strategic Health Authority;

(b)

a Special Health Authority;

(c)

an NHS Trust;

(d)

a Primary Care Trust;

(e)

a Patients' Forum; and

(f)

a provider of independent advocacy services.