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Article 2 Amendment of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

Paragraph 4 of Schedule 9 to the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (disclosure of results of data matching etc)f1 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)f2—

(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 2006f3;”;

  • ““local authority social care” means—

    1. (a)

      social care provided or arranged for by a local authority; or

    2. (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 2006f4.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

2014 c. 2.

f2

Paragraph 4(12) was amended by paragraph 23 of Schedule 1 to the Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31). That amendment is not relevant to this Order.

f3

2006 c. 41.

f4

Section 251(12A) was inserted by paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 4 to the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 (c. 1).