The Access to Health Records Act 1990E+W+S
119(1)The Access to Health Records Act 1990 shall be amended as follows.E+W+S
(2)In section 1 (definitions), in subsection (2), for “Family Practitioner Committee” substitute “ Health Authority ”.
(3)In section 7 (duty of health service bodies etc. to take advice)—
(a)in subsection (1), omit “or Family Practitioner Committee”,
(b)in subsection (2), after “(other than a” insert “ Health Authority or ”, and
(c)in subsection (3)—
(i)for “Family Practitioner Committee or a” substitute “ Health Authority or ”, and
(ii)for “Committee or Board” substitute “ Health Authority or Health Board ”.
(4)In section 11 (interpretation)—
(a)after the definition of “general practitioner” insert—
““Health Authority” means a Health Authority established under section 8 of the National Health Service Act 1977;”,
(b)in the definition of “health service body”, for paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a)a Health Authority or Special Health Authority;”, and
(c)after the definition of “parental responsibility” insert—
““Special Health Authority” means a Special Health Authority established under section 11 of the National Health Service Act 1977.”