Health and Social Care Act 2012

270 Additional functions

(1) The Information Centre may do any of the following—

(a) acquire, produce, manufacture and supply goods,

(b) acquire land by agreement and manage and deal with land,

(c) supply accommodation to any person,

(d) supply services to any person and provide new services,

(e) provide instruction for any person, and

(f) develop and exploit ideas and exploit intellectual property.

(2) But the Information Centre may exercise a power under subsection (1) only—

(a) if doing so involves, or is connected with, the collection, analysis, publication or other dissemination of information, and

(b) to the extent that its exercise does not to any significant extent interfere with the performance by the Centre of any function under or by virtue of any other provision of this or any other Act.

(3) The Information Centre may—

(a) charge for anything it does in the exercise of a power under subsection (1), and

(b) calculate any such charge on the basis that it considers to be the appropriate commercial basis.