Health and Social Care Act 2012, Section 256 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)A request under section 255 is a confidential collection request if it is a request for [F1NHS England] to establish and operate a system for the collection of information which is in a form which—
(a)identifies any individual to whom the information relates who is not an individual who provides health care or adult social care, or
(b)enables the identity of such an individual to be ascertained.
(2)A person may make a confidential collection request under section 255 only if the request—
(a)is a mandatory request,
(b)relates to information which the person making the request (“R”) may require to be disclosed to R or to [F1NHS England] by the person holding it, or
(c)relates to information which may otherwise be lawfully disclosed to [F1NHS England] or to R by the person holding it.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 256 substituted (1.2.2023) by 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. 17(8) (with reg. 3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 9 Ch. 2: power to amend conferred (1.7.2022) by 2021 c. 3, s 43(3) (as inserted by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 101(5)(b), 186(6); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30))
Commencement Information
I1S. 256 in force at 1.4.2013 by S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
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