Health Authorities Act 1995

119(1)The M1Access to Health Records Act 1990 shall be amended as follows.E+W+S

(2)In section 1 (definitions), in subsection (2), for “Family Practitioner Committee” substitute “ Health Authority ”.

(3)In section 7 (duty of health service bodies etc. to take advice)—

(a)in subsection (1), omit “or Family Practitioner Committee”,

(b)in subsection (2), after “(other than a” insert “ Health Authority or ”, and

(c)in subsection (3)—

(i)for “Family Practitioner Committee or a” substitute “ Health Authority or ”, and

(ii)for “Committee or Board” substitute “ Health Authority or Health Board ”.

(4)In section 11 (interpretation)—

F1(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)in the definition of “health service body”, for paragraph (a) substitute—

(a)a Health Authority or Special Health Authority;, and

(c)after the definition of “parental responsibility” insert—

Special Health Authority” means a Special Health Authority established under section 11 of the National Health Service Act 1977.

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