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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3007",
  "legislation_title": "The Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health (Functions) Regulations 2002",
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  "path": "regulation/9",
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  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Restrictions on disclosure of information to the Commission",
  "text": "(1) A person shall not be required to produce information under regulation 7(1) which—\n(a) is confidential and relates to and identifies a living individual, unless at least one of the conditions specified in paragraph (2) applies; or\n(b) is prohibited from disclosure by or under any enactment, unless paragraph (3) applies.\n(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1)(a) are—\n(a) the information is or can be disclosed in a form from which the identity of the individual cannot be ascertained; or\n(b) the individual consents to the information being disclosed.\n(3) This paragraph applies where—\n(a) the prohibition on the disclosure of information arises because the information is capable of identifying an individual; and\n(b) the information is or can be disclosed in a form from which the identity of the individual cannot be ascertained.\n(4) In a case where the disclosure of information is prohibited by paragraph (1), the Commission, or a person authorised by the Commission under regulation 8(1), may require the person holding the information to put the information in a form from which the identity of the individual concerned cannot be identified, in order that the information may be disclosed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3007/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:38:03.556832+00:00"
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  "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."
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