# The Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (England) Order 2026, Regulation 2: Disclosure for the purposes of the data linkage study

Extent: E+W

(1) It is not an offence under section 22(1) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 for an authorised person to disclose protected information to another authorised person where the disclosure is—
(a) made by and to an authorised person in England, and
(b) for the purposes of facilitating, assisting with or undertaking the data linkage study.
(2) In this article—
(a) an “authorised person” is a person employed by or authorised in writing to act on behalf of a body listed in the Schedule;
(b) “GIDS” means Gender Identity Development Service formerly operated by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust;
(c) “data linkage study” means the observational study, originally commissioned for the purposes of the independent review into gender identity services for children and young people. The study links and analyses GIDS data, adult gender clinic data, and other nationally available healthcare data, in relation to any individual who was—
(i) referred to the GIDS, and
(ii) below the age of 18 at the time of their referral.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/173/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gender-recognition-disclosure-of-information-england-order-2026/regulation-2
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