{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012-consistent-identifier-regulations-2015/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1439",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consistent Identifier) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012-consistent-identifier-regulations-2015",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations, made under section 251A(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (“the Act”) as inserted by section 4 of the Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Act 2015 (“the 2015 Act”), specify the description of the consistent identifier to be used by relevant health or adult social care commissioners or providers as defined by section 251A(3) of the Act.\nUnder regulation 2, the NHS Number is specified as a consistent identifier for the purposes of section 251A of the Act.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as the Regulations themselves have no impact on the private sector or civil society organisations. A full impact assessment has been produced in relation to the provisions of the 2015 Act, and copies are available at http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA14-23.pdf and from The Department of Health, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, SW1A 2NS.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1439/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:34:28.535349+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."
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