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Change 1
As published
10K Authorised persons
(1) Any inspection under section 10J must be carried out by a person authorised by HIS (an “authorised person”).
(2) A person may be authorised by HIS to carry out inspections in relation to any independent health care service or all of them.
(3) An authorised person may at any time enter and inspect premises which are used, or which the person has reasonable cause to believe are used, for the purpose of providing the independent health care service which is the subject of the inspection.
(4) Where an authorised person is in possession of confidential information which has been obtained for the purposes of an inspection under section 10J the authorised person must not use or disclose that information other than—
(a) for the purposes of that inspection;
(b) so as to comply with an enactment or court order requiring disclosure;
(c) to the extent considered necessary by the authorised person for the purpose of protecting the welfare of—
(i) any child under the age of 16 years;
(ii) any adult at risk (within the meaning of section 3 of the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 10)); or
(d) to the extent considered necessary by the authorised person for the purpose of the prevention or detection of crime or the apprehension or prosecution of offenders.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), information is “confidential information” where—
(a) the identity of an individual is ascertainable—
(i) from that information; or
(ii) from that information and other information which is in the possession of, or is likely to come into the possession of, the person holding that information; and
(b) the information was obtained or generated by a person who, in the circumstances, owed an obligation of confidence to that individual.
Your change, as a redline
10K Authorised persons
(1) Any inspection under section 10J must be carried out by a person authorised by HIS (an “authorised person”).
(2) A person may be authorised by HIS to carry out inspections in relation to any independent health care service or all of them.
(3) An authorised person may at any time enter and inspect premises which are used, or which the person has reasonable cause to believe are used, for the purpose of providing the independent health care service which is the subject of the inspection.
(4) Where an authorised person is in possession of confidential information which has been obtained for the purposes of an inspection under section 10J the authorised person must not use or disclose that information other than—
(a) for the purposes of that inspection;
(b) so as to comply with an enactment or court order requiring disclosure;
(c) to the extent considered necessary by the authorised person for the purpose of protecting the welfare of—
(i) any child under the age of 16 years;
(ii) any adult at risk (within the meaning of section 3 of the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 10)); or
(d) to the extent considered necessary by the authorised person for the purpose of the prevention or detection of crime or the apprehension or prosecution of offenders.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), information is “confidential information” where—
(a) the identity of an individual is ascertainable—
(i) from that information; or
(ii) from that information and other information which is in the possession of, or is likely to come into the possession of, the person holding that information; and
(b) the information was obtained or generated by a person who, in the circumstances, owed an obligation of confidence to that individual.
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