Provision of information recorded and kept under this Part to the Secretary of StateU.K.
23.—(1) The Secretary of State may by request in writing require a UK producer to provide such of the retained information as the Secretary of State requires for the statutory purpose.
(2) A written request must state the statutory purpose for which the Secretary of State requires the information.
(3) A UK producer who is given a written request must comply with the request within the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the producer is given the request.
(4) A producer must provide the requested information—
(a)in an electronic spreadsheet provided for that purpose by the Secretary of State, or
(b)if the Secretary of State does not provide such a spreadsheet, via the [F1NHS England] online gateway.
(5) In this regulation, “retained information”, in relation to a UK producer, means the information which the producer is required to record and keep under this Part.
(6) This regulation is subject to regulation 24.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 23(4)(b) substituted (1.2.2023) by The Health and Social Care Information Centre (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/98), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 58(5) (with reg. 3)