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(1)The Registrar General may provide to [F1any of the following persons] any information to which this section applies[F2—
(a)the Secretary of State,
(b)[F3NHS England],
[F4(c)an integrated care board,]
(d)a local authority,
(e)the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence,
F5(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(g)a Special Health Authority which has functions that are exercisable in relation to England,
(h)the Care Quality Commission, and
(i)such other persons as the Secretary of State may specify in a direction.]
(2)Any information provided under subsection (1) must be provided in such form as appears to the Registrar General appropriate for the purpose of assisting [F6the person to whom the information is provided] in the performance of [F7functions exercisable by the person] in relation to the health service.
(3)This section applies to any information—
(a)entered in any register kept under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (c. 20),
(b)entered in the Adopted Children Register maintained by the Registrar General under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), or
(c)which is kept by the Registrar General under any other enactment and relates to any birth or death.
(4)“Enactment” includes an enactment contained in subordinate legislation.
[F8(5)In this section, “local authority” has the same meaning as in section 2B.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 270(1) substituted (27.3.2012 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 285(2)(a), 306(1)(d)(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F2S. 270(1)(a)-(i) inserted (27.3.2012 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 285(2)(b), 306(1)(d)(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F3Words in Act substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(2); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F4S. 270(1)(c) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 4 para. 129; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F5S. 270(1)(f) omitted (1.2.2023) by virtue of The Health and Social Care Information Centre (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/98), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 10(9) (with reg. 3)
F6Words in s. 270(2) substituted (27.3.2012 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 285(3)(a), 306(1)(d)(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F7Words in s. 270(2) substituted (27.3.2012 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 285(3)(b), 306(1)(d)(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F8S. 270(5) inserted (27.3.2012 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 285(4), 306(1)(d)(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
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