# The Legislative Reform (Disclosure of Adult Social Care Data) Order 2025, Article 2: Amendment of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014


(1) Paragraph 4 of Schedule 9 to the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (disclosure of results of data matching etc) is amended as follows.
(2) In sub-paragraph (6)(a)—
(a) the words after “relates to” become sub-paragraph (i), and
(b) at the end of that sub-paragraph insert “, or
“(ii) in relation to patient data which are held for the purposes of local authority social care provided to individuals aged 18 or over, a local authority;”.
(3) In sub-paragraph (12)—
(a) in the opening words, after “sub-paragraph (6)” insert “and this sub-paragraph”, and
(b) at the appropriate places insert—
““local authority” has the meaning given by section 275(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006;”;
““local authority social care” means—
(a) social care provided or arranged for by a local authority; or
(b) social care all or part of the cost of which is paid for with funds provided by a local authority;”;
““social care” has the meaning given by section 251(12A) of the National Health Service Act 2006.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/993/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/legislative-reform-disclosure-of-adult-social-care-data-order-2025/article-2
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