PART 8MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS TO PRIMARY LEGISLATION

Access to Medical Reports Act 1988 (c. 28)

Access to medical reports: “insurance purposes”311

1

Section 2 of the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1), for the definition of “insurance purposes” substitute—

  • “insurance purposes”, in a case of any individual who has entered into, or is seeking to enter into, a contract of insurance with an insurer, means the purposes of that insurer in relation to that individual;

  • “insurer” means—

    1. a

      a person who has permission under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to effect or carry out contracts of insurance;

    2. b

      an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(d) of Schedule 3 to that Act, which has permission under paragraph 15 of that Schedule (as a result of qualifying for authorisation under paragraph 12 of that Schedule) to effect or carry out relevant contracts of insurance.

3

After that subsection, insert—

1A

The definitions of “insurance purposes” and “insurer” in subsection (1) must be read with—

a

section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

b

any relevant order under that section; and

c

Schedule 2 to that Act.