{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gender-recognition-disclosure-of-information-england-order-2026/regulation-2/enacted",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gender-recognition-disclosure-of-information-england-order-2026/regulation-2/enacted.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/173",
  "legislation_title": "The Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (England) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gender-recognition-disclosure-of-information-england-order-2026/enacted",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Disclosure for the purposes of the data linkage study",
  "text": "(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—\n(a) made by and to an authorised person in England, and\n(b) for the purposes of facilitating, assisting with or undertaking the data linkage study.\n(2) In this article—\n(a) an “authorised person” is a person employed by or authorised in writing to act on behalf of a body listed in the Schedule;\n(b) “GIDS” means Gender Identity Development Service formerly operated by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust;\n(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—\n(i) referred to the GIDS, and\n(ii) below the age of 18 at the time of their referral.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "enacted",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 20.3.2026, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Authorised as an NHS Foundation Trust on 1st November 2006 pursuant to section 35 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41) (“the 2006 Act”). The NHS provider directory showing details of Foundation Trusts can be found at https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-provider-directory."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The final report is available at the following web-link: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20250310143933/https://cass.independent-review.uk/home/publications/final-report. A copy can be obtained by writing to NHS England, PO Box 16738, Redditch, B97 9PT."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/173/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:05:39.625258+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}