SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7The Health Research Authority

PART 1Constitution

Committees and sub-committees

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1

The HRA must appoint a committee for the purpose of giving advice—

a

to the HRA in connection with the exercise of the HRA's function under regulation 5(1)(a) of the Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1438) (approval for processing confidential patient information);

b

to the Secretary of State in connection with the exercise of the Secretary of State's functions under regulations 2, 3(4) and 5 of those Regulations (processing of confidential patient information);

c

to the Health and Social Care Information Centre in connection with—

i

the exercise by the Centre of functions conferred in regulations under section 251 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (processing of patient information for medical purposes);

ii

any publication or other dissemination by the Centre of information which is in a form which identifies an individual to whom the information relates or enables the identity of such an individual to be ascertained.

2

The HRA may appoint other committees and sub-committees.

3

The committee appointed under sub-paragraph (1) must consist of persons who are not members or employees of the HRA.

4

Any other committee or sub-committee may consist of or include such persons.

5

The HRA may pay such remuneration and allowances as it decides to a person who is a member of a committee or sub-committee, but is not an employee of the HRA, regardless of whether the person is a non-executive member of the HRA.

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Regulations may provide for the committee appointed under paragraph 8(1) to be required, in giving advice, to have regard to specified factors or matters.