Paragraph 119

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The M1Access to Health Records Act 1990 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In section 1 (definitions), in subsection (2), for “Family Practitioner Committee” substitute “ Health Authority ”.

(3)

In section 7 (duty of health service bodies etc. to take advice)—

(a)

in subsection (1), omit “or Family Practitioner Committee”,

(b)

in subsection (2), after “(other than a” insert “ Health Authority or ”, and

(c)

in subsection (3)—

(i)

for “Family Practitioner Committee or a” substitute “ Health Authority or ”, and

(ii)

for “Committee or Board” substitute “ Health Authority or Health Board ”.

(4)

In section 11 (interpretation)—

F1(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

in the definition of “health service body”, for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)
a Health Authority or Special Health Authority;”, and

(c)

after the definition of “parental responsibility” insert—

““Special Health Authority” means a Special Health Authority established under section 11 of the National Health Service Act 1977.”

Annotations

F1: Sch. 1 para. 119(4)(a) repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1, Sch. 3 Pt. 1)

E1: Sch. 1 does not extend to the Colonies; the amending/repealing provisions within Sch. 1 are co-extensive with the enactments they affect see s.9(2).