The Access to Personal Files (Social Services) Regulations 1989

Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Access to Personal Files (Social Services) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st April 1989.

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Act” means the Access to Personal Files Act 1987;

“care” includes examination, investigation and diagnosis;

“dental practitioner” and “medical practitioner” mean, respectively, a person registered under the Dentists Act 1984 (1) and the Medical Act 1983 (2);

“health authority” has the same meaning as in section 128(1) of the National Health Service Act 1977 (3); and “health professional” means any person listed in the Schedule to these Regulations.

(3) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number.

(4) These Regulations apply to England and Wales.

(1)

1984 c. 24

(2)

1983 c. 54

(3)

1977 c. 49. This definition was substituted by paragraph 11 of Schedule 3 to the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48)