Article 3 Amendment of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004

(1)

Section 64D of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (disclosure of results of data matching etc)^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (5)(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 subsection (6)^f2—

(a)

in the opening words, after “subsection (5)” insert “and this subsection”,

(b)

before paragraph (a) insert—

“(za)

“local authority” has the meaning given by section 275(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006,

(zb)

“local authority social care” means—

(i)

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

(ii)

social care all or part of the cost of which is paid for with funds provided by a local authority,”, and

(c)

after paragraph (b) insert—

“(c)

“social care” has the meaning given by section 251(12A) of the National Health Service Act 2006.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2004 c. 23; section 64D was inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27).
f2: Subsection (6) was amended by paragraph 65 of Schedule 4 to the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 3) and paragraph 63(6) of Schedule 12 to the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2).