C2C1C4C5Part 1The Care Quality Commission
Pt. 1 excluded (6.4.2010) by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No.16, Transitory and Transitional Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/807), arts. 1(1)(a), 14(4)(c)
Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (6.4.2015) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), ss. 57(1), 127(1); S.I. 2015/993, art. 4 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2015/995)
Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (6.4.2015) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), ss. 57(1)(2), 127(1); S.I. 2015/993, art. 4 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2015/995)
C2C1C3Chapter 6Miscellaneous and General
Pt. 1 Ch. 6 modified by 2004 c. 17, s. 10(1) (as substituted (1.10.2010) by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Consequential Amendments No.2) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/813), arts. 1(1), 15)
Information
I176Disclosure of confidential personal information: offence
1
This section applies to information which—
a
has been obtained by the Commission on terms or in circumstances requiring it to be held in confidence, and
b
relates to and identifies an individual.
2
A person is guilty of an offence if the person knowingly or recklessly discloses information to which this section applies during the lifetime of the individual.
3
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
a
on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding F3the general limit in a magistrates’ court, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;
b
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or to both.
4
5
For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), information obtained by the Commission is to be treated as identifying an individual if the individual can be identified from a combination of—
a
that information, and
b
other information obtained by the Commission.
6
Reference in this section and in sections 77 to 80 to information obtained or disclosed by the Commission includes information obtained or disclosed by a person authorised by the Commission.
Pt. 1 excluded (6.4.2010) by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No.16, Transitory and Transitional Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/807), arts. 1(1)(a), 17(4)(c)(5)(b)