Introduction
1.These Explanatory Notes relate to the Health and Social Care (Control of Data Processing) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 which received Royal Assent on 11 April 2016. They have been prepared by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in order to assist the reader in understanding the Act. They do not form part of the Act and have not been endorsed by the Assembly.
2.The notes need to be read in conjunction with the Act. They are not, and are not meant to be, a comprehensive description of the Act. So where a section or part of a section does not seem to require an explanation or comment, none is given.
