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12. An individual may be authorised for the purposes of section 225 of the 2007 Act (duties of services-providers to allow entry by Local Healthwatch organisations or contractors) only if that individual is authorised in accordance with arrangements made by a local authority under section 221(1) of the 2007 Act (health and social services: Local Healthwatch) or in accordance with Local Healthwatch arrangements(1).
See sections 222 and 225(5A) of the 2007 Act. Section 222 is amended by section 183 of the 2012 Act; section 225(5A) is inserted by section 186(6) and (9) of the 2012 Act. See section 229(1) of the 2007 Act for the definition of “local authority”.