The Health and Social Care Information Centre (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023

Care Act 2014

18.—(1) The Care Act 2014(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 111, in subsection (1), for paragraph (c) substitute—

“(c) NHS England, but only insofar as its functions relating to health or social care research are relevant data functions (as defined by section 253(3) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012);”.

(3) In Schedule 7, in paragraph 8(1)(c)—

(a) for “the Health and Social Care Information Centre” substitute “NHS England”;

(b) in paragraph (i)—

(i) for “the Centre” substitute “NHS England”;

(ii) at the end insert “, so far as those functions relate to information obtained by NHS England in connection with the exercise of its relevant data functions (as defined by section 253(3) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012)”;

(c) in paragraph (ii), for “the Centre of information” substitute “NHS England of such information”.

(1)

2014 c. 23.