Health Identifiers Act 2014
Amendment of section 52 of Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005
36. Section 52 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 is amended—
(a) in subsection (1), by substituting the following for paragraph (f):
“(f) a contravention of this Act, the rules or bye-laws,
(fa) a failure to comply with a provision of the Health Identifiers Act 2014 applicable to the registrant in his or her capacity (if any) as a health services provider within the meaning of section 2 of that Act, or”,
(b) in subsection (3), by substituting “Subject to subsection (3A), the complaint” for “The complaint”, and
(c) by inserting the following after subsection (3):
“(3A) A complaint shall not be made by a person other than the Minister if the ground concerned is a registrant’s failure to comply with a provision referred to in subsection (1) (fa).”.