| Guvnor

Status: In Force
Penalty ceiling: Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person2

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 184 duties

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 144 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 104 duties

Communications Act 2003 92 duties

Road Traffic Act 1988 92 duties

What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.003 Right of access to health records. Regulated

Give health record access to authorised applicants within 21 or 40 daysAny Person

s.006 Correction of inaccurate health records. Regulated

Correct inaccurate health records or note disputed entriesAny Person

s.007 Duty of health service bodies Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Health service bodies must take professional advice before making decisionsStatutory regulator

9 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 “Health record” and related expressions.

s.002 Health professionals.

s.004 Cases where right of access may be wholly excluded.

s.005 Cases where right of access may be partially excluded.

s.008 Applications to the court.

s.009 Avoidance of certain contractual terms.

s.010 Regulations and orders.

s.011 Interpretation.

s.012 Short title, commencement, and extent.

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.

Access to Health Records Act 1990

Does it bind you?

Other Acts binding the same actors

What it requires