Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st June 2002.
2
In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Health and Social Care Act 2001,
“public authority” has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 M1;
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F2“research ethics committee” means—
- a
a research ethics committee recognised or established by or on behalf of the Health Research Authority under the Care Act 2014, or
- b
any other group of persons which assesses the ethics of research involving individuals and which is recognised for that purpose by or on behalf of the Welsh Ministers.
- a
3
Any notice given under these Regulations shall be—
a
in writing; or
b
transmitted by electronic means in a legible form which is capable of being used for subsequent reference.
4
Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation which bears that number in these Regulations and any reference to a numbered paragraph in a regulation is a reference to the paragraph which bears that number in that regulation.
5
These Regulations extend to England and Wales only.