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Section 45: Supply of information

Care Act 2014 · 2014 c. 23View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 1: Care and support

If an SAB requests a person to supply information to it, or to some other person specified in the request, the person to whom the request is made must comply with the request if—

conditions 1 and 2 are met, and
condition 3 or 4 is met.

Condition 1 is that the request is made for the purpose of enabling or assisting the SAB to exercise its functions.

Condition 2 is that the request is made to a person whose functions or activities the SAB considers to be such that the person is likely to have information relevant to the exercise of a function by the SAB.

Condition 3 is that the information relates to—

the person to whom the request is made,
a function or activity of that person, or
a person in respect of whom that person exercises a function or engages in an activity.

Condition 4 is that the information—

is information requested by the SAB from a person to whom information was supplied in compliance with another request under this section, and
is the same as, or is derived from, information so supplied.

Information may be used by the SAB, or other person to whom it is supplied under subsection (1), only for the purpose of enabling or assisting the SAB to exercise its functions.

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