PART 10 E+WRecords and information

Provision of information E+W

74.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the contractor must, at the request of [F1 NHS England], produce to [F1 NHS England], or to a person authorised in writing by [F1 NHS England], or allow [F1 NHS England] , or a person authorised in writing by it, to access—

(a) any information which is reasonably required by [F1 NHS England] for the purposes of or in connection with the contract; and

(b) any other information which is reasonably required in connection with [F1 NHS England’s] functions.

(2) The contractor is not required to comply with any request made under paragraph (1) unless it has been made by [F1 NHS England] in accordance with directions relating to the provision of information by contractors given to [F1 NHS England] by the Secretary of State under section 98A of the Act M1 (exercise of functions).

(3) The contractor must produce the information requested, or, as the case may be, allow [F1 NHS England] access to such information—

(a) by such date as has been agreed as reasonable between the contractor and [F1 NHS England]; or

(b) in the absence of such agreement, before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the request is made.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Regulations substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1

Marginal Citations

M1 Section 98A was inserted by section 49(1) of the Health and Social care Act 2012 (c.7).