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—
- 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;
- 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.