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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008/section-57",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/14",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Social Care Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008",
  "path": "section/57",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Reviews of data, studies and research",
  "text": "(1) The Commission may ... review—\n(a) studies and research undertaken by others, or the quality of data obtained by others, in relation to the provision of NHS care or adult social services or the carrying on of regulated activities,\n(b) the methods used in undertaking such studies and research or in collecting and analysing such data, and\n(c) the validity of conclusions drawn from such studies and research or from such data.\n(2) The Commission must conduct a review under subsection (1) if the Secretary of State so requests.\n(3) If the Commission conducts a review under this section it must publish a report.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 57(1) omitted (1.10.2014) by virtue of Care Act 2014 (c. 23), ss. 90(6), 127(1); S.I. 2014/2473, art. 3(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 57 in force at 1.4.2009 by S.I. 2009/462, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 20"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/14/section/57",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:00.738432+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."
}