http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/28/section/4Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Act 2015An Act to make provision about the safety of health and social care services in England; to make provision about the integration of information relating to users of health and social care services in England; to make provision about the sharing of information relating to an individual for the purposes of providing that individual with health or social care services in England; to make provision about the objectives of the regulatory bodies for health and social care professions and the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care; to make provision about the disposal of cases concerning a person's fitness to practise a health or social care profession; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2016-12-21Expert Participation2016-09-26 <Emphasis>Continuity of information</Emphasis>Interpretation4In Part 9 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (health and adult social care services: information), after section 251B (as inserted by section 3 of this Act) insert—Continuity of information: interpretation251C1This section applies for the purposes of sections 251A and 251B and this section.2Relevant health or adult social care commissioner or provider” means—aany public body so far as it exercises functions in connection with the provision of health services, or of adult social care in England, andbany person (other than a public body) so far as the person provides such services or care—ipursuant to arrangements made with a public body exercising functions in connection with the provision of the services or care, andiiotherwise than as a member or officer of a body or an employee of a person,but this is subject to subsection (3).3The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for a person to be excluded from the definition of “relevant health or adult social care commissioner or provider”, whether generally or in particular cases.4Regulations under subsection (3) may, in particular, provide for a person to be excluded in relation to the exercise of particular functions or the exercise of functions in relation to particular descriptions of person, premises or institution.5A reference to an inclusion or a disclosure being likely to facilitate the provision to an individual of health services or adult social care in England is to its being likely to facilitate that provision directly (rather than by means of a clinical trial, a study, an audit, or any other indirect means).6Anonymous access provider” means a relevant health or adult social care commissioner or provider (whether “the relevant person” under section 251A(3)(a) or 251B(1) or another person) whose services or care are, or may be, received by individuals anonymously due to the nature of the services or care.7Other terms have the same meaning as in section 250 (and “processes” and “processed” are to be read in accordance with the meaning of “processing” in that section).S. 4 in force at 25.6.2015 by S.I. 2015/1438, reg. 2(b)
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