# Data Protection Act 2018, Section 185: Avoidance of certain contractual terms relating to health records


(1) A term or condition of a contract is void in so far as it purports to require an individual to supply another person with a record which—
(a) consists of the information contained in a health record, and
(b) has been or is to be obtained by a data subject in the exercise of a data subject access right.
(2) A term or condition of a contract is also void in so far as it purports to require an individual to produce such a record to another person.
(3) The references in subsections (1) and (2) to a record include a part of a record and a copy of all or part of a record.
(4) In this section, “data subject access right” means a right under—
(a) Article 15 of the UK GDPR (right of access by the data subject);
(b) Article 20 of the UK GDPR (right to data portability);
(c) section 45 of this Act (law enforcement processing: right of access by the data subject);
(d) section 94 of this Act (intelligence services processing: right of access by the data subject).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/185 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-185
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