Regulation 5 Approval for processing informationF5

England and Wales

F1(1)

Subject to regulation 7, confidential patient information may be processed for medical purposes in the circumstances set out in the Schedule to these Regulations provided that the processing has been approved—

(a)

in the case of medical research, by F2the Health Research Authority, and

(b)

in any other case, by the Secretary of State.

F3(2)

The Health Research Authority may not give an approval under paragraph (1)(a) unless a research ethics committee has approved the medical research concerned.

F4(3)

The Health Research Authority shall put in place and operate a system for reviewing decisions it makes under paragraph (1)(a).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 5 renumbered as reg. 5(1) (1.1.2015) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), ss. 117(2)(a), 127 (with s. 119(3)); S.I. 2014/2473, art. 5(i)
F2: Words in reg. 5(1)(a) substituted (1.1.2015) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), ss. 117(2)(b), 127 (with s. 119(3)); S.I. 2014/2473, art. 5(i)
F3: Reg. 5(2) inserted (1.1.2015) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), ss. 117(3), 127 (with s. 119(3)); S.I. 2014/2473, art. 5(i)
F4: Reg. 5(3) inserted (1.1.2015) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), ss. 117(4), 127 (with s. 119(3)); S.I. 2014/2473, art. 5(i)
F5: Reg. 5 title substituted (1.1.2015) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), ss. 117(2), 127 (with s. 119(3)); S.I. 2014/2473, art. 5(i)