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(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations require manufacturers or commercial suppliers of health care products, or connected persons, to—
(a)publish information about payments or other benefits provided by them to relevant persons, or
(b)provide such information to the Secretary of State.
(2)The regulations may make further provision about when and how the information is to be published or provided.
(3)The information may, in particular, include information about—
(a)a payment or other benefit,
(b)the person who provided it, or
(c)the person who received it.
(4)The regulations may make provision permitting or requiring the further sharing, publication or use of the information.
(5)The regulations may impose requirements on manufacturers or commercial suppliers of health care products, or connected persons, about the retention of information relating to payments or other benefits provided by them to relevant persons.
(6)The regulations may—
(a)authorise the Secretary of State to designate as a “relevant scheme” any scheme under which information about payments or other benefits to relevant persons is collected or published by a person other than the Secretary of State, if the Secretary of State considers that the provision of information under the scheme would render compliance with some or all of the requirements imposed by the regulations unnecessary;
(b)create exceptions from requirements to publish or provide information imposed by virtue of subsection (1) where information is provided under a relevant scheme;
(c)if such exceptions are created—
(i)require a person who holds information mentioned in subsection (1) in connection with the operation of a relevant scheme to provide the information to the Secretary of State;
(ii)permit or require the Secretary of State to publish the information.
(7)The regulations may impose requirements on a person mentioned in subsection (6)(c)(i) about the retention of information mentioned there.
(8)The provision for exceptions that may be made by the regulations includes provision authorising the Secretary of State to grant an exception from a requirement imposed by the regulations in a particular case, on grounds specified in the regulations.
(9)The regulations may provide that the disclosure of information under the regulations does not breach—
(a)an obligation of confidence owed by the person making the disclosure, or
(b)any other restriction on the disclosure of the information (however imposed), other than a restriction imposed by the data protection legislation.
(10)Provision made by the regulations may, in particular, be framed by reference to manufacturers or commercial suppliers with a specified connection to the United Kingdom or a part of it.
(11)In this section—
(a)“connected person”, in relation to a manufacturer or commercial supplier, means a person who has a connection, of a description specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State, with the manufacturer or commercial supplier;
(b)“relevant person” means—
(i)a person who provides health care in the United Kingdom or a part of it, whether or not under arrangements made by another person, or
(ii)another person who carries on activities connected with health care provided in the United Kingdom or a part of it and is of a description specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
(12)In this section—
“commercial supplier”, in relation to a health care product, means a person who supplies the product otherwise than in the course of providing health care;
“data protection legislation” has the meaning given by section 3(9) of the Data Protection Act 2018;
“health care” means all forms of health care provided for individuals, whether relating to physical or mental health;
“health care product” means a medicine, medical device or other product which is supplied or prescribed in the course of the provision of health care;
“manufacturer”, in relation to a health care product, means a person who manufactures or assembles the product;
“payments or other benefits” includes any payment or other benefit—
wherever it is provided,
whether or not it is of a financial nature,
whether it is provided under a contract or otherwise, and
whether it is provided directly or through a third party.
Commencement Information
I1S. 92 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 186(6)
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