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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/part/5/chapter/3</dc:identifier><dc:title>Health and Social Care Act 2012</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to establish and make provision about a National Health Service Commissioning Board and clinical commissioning groups and to make other provision about the National Health Service in England; to make provision about public health in the United Kingdom; to make provision about regulating health and adult social care services; to make provision about public involvement in health and social care matters, scrutiny of health matters by local authorities and co-operation between local authorities and commissioners of health care services; to make provision about regulating health and social care workers; to establish and make provision about a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; to establish and make provision about a Health and Social Care Information Centre and to make other provision about information relating to health or social care matters; to abolish certain public bodies involved in health or social care; to make other provision about health care; and for connected purposes.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-10-01</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2026-10-01</dct:valid>
					
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          <Strong>PART 5</Strong>
        </Number><Title>Public involvement and local government</Title><Chapter DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/part/5/chapter/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/part/5/chapter/3" NumberOfProvisions="1" id="part-5-chapter-3" RestrictStartDate="2012-07-01"><Number>CHAPTER 3</Number><Title>The Health Service Commissioner for England</Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2012-07-01"><Title>Disclosure of reports <Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</Abbreviation> by the Health Service Commissioner</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/section/201" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/section/201" id="section-201"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><CommentaryRef Ref="key-9892d5dea354153625c9c8c5d468b7aa"/>201</Pnumber><P1para><Text>In section 14 of the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 (reports etc. by the Commissioner), after subsection (2H) insert—</Text><BlockAmendment TargetClass="primary" TargetSubClass="unknown" Context="main" Format="default"><P2><Pnumber>2I</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Where the Commissioner is required by this section to send a report or statement of reasons to certain persons, the Commissioner may send the report or statement to such other persons as the Commissioner thinks appropriate.</Text></P2para></P2></BlockAmendment></P1para></P1></P1group></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-9892d5dea354153625c9c8c5d468b7aa" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef SectionRef="section-201" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2012/7/section/201" id="cl2b4aiu3-00109">S. 201</CitationSubRef> in force at 1.7.2012  by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/1319" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2012" Number="1319" Title="The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Commencement No.1 and Transitory Provision) Order 2012" id="cl2b4aiu3-00110">S.I. 2012/1319</Citation>, <CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-2-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/1319/article/2/3" CitationRef="cl2b4aiu3-00110" Operative="true" id="cl2b4aiu3-00111">art. 2(3)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>