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(1)The Secretary of State may make regulations requiring—
(a)Strategic Health Authorities,
(b)Primary Care Trusts,
(c)Health Authorities,
(d)Local Health Boards,
(e)local authorities,
(f)NHS trusts,
(g)persons providing services under Part 2 of the 1977 Act or under arrangements under section 28C of that Act, or
(h)persons providing piloted services under pilot schemes established under section 28 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15) , or providing LP Services under an LPS scheme established under Schedule 8A to the 1977 Act,
to allow members of a Patients' Forum authorised by or under the regulations to enter and inspect, for the purposes of any of the Forum’s functions, premises owned or controlled by those referred to in paragraphs (a) to (h).
(2)The Secretary of State may also make regulations requiring any other person who owns or controls premises where services are provided as mentioned in subsection (1)(g) or (h) to allow members of a Patients' Forum authorised by or under the regulations to enter and inspect the premises for the purposes of any of the Forum’s functions.
(3)The regulations may in particular make provision as to—
(a)cases and circumstances in which access is to be permitted,
(b)limitations or conditions to which access is to be subject.
(4)In subsection (1), “local authorities” has the same meaning as in section 31 of the 1999 Act (arrangements between NHS bodies and local authorities).
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