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1993 No. 746
DATA PROTECTION
The Access to Health Records (Control of Access) Regulations 1993
Made
15th March 1993
Laid before Parliament
17th March 1993
Coming into force
13th April 1993
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 5(5) of the Access to Health Records Act 1990(1) and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I hereby make the following Regulations:-“
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Access to Health Records (Control of Access) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 13th April 1993.
(2) In these Regulations, "the Act" means the Access to Health Records Act 1990.(1)
Restriction of right of access to health records
2. Access shall not be given under section 3(2) of the Act to any part of a health record which would disclose information showing that an identifiable individual was, or may have been, born in consequence of treatment services within the meaning of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990(2).
Virginia Bottomley
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State,
Department of Health
15th March 1993
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations preclude access, under section 3(2) of the Access to Health Records Act 1990, to any part of a health record where the granting of access would disclose information showing that an identifiable individual was, or may have been, born as a consequence of treatment services provided in accordance with the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (which itself contains provisions regulating access to such information).