Health Service Safety Investigations Bill (HL Bill 4)

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EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory notes have been ordered to be published separately as HL Bill 4—EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998:

In my view the provisions of the Health Service Safety Investigations Bill [HL] are compatible with the Convention rights.

Contents

  1. Part 1

    Establishment of the Health Service Safety Investigations Body

    1. 1. The Health Service Safety Investigations Body

  2. Part 2

    The Investigation Function of the HSSIB

    1. Chapter 1

      The function

      1. 2. Investigation function

      2. 3. Publication of criteria, principles and processes

      3. 4. Representations and requests to investigate

    2. Chapter 2

      Carrying out investigations

      1. 5. Entry to premises, inspection and seizure

      2. 6. Section 5: Crown interests

      3. 7. Notices requiring the provision of information etc

      4. 8. Notices under section 7: safeguards

      5. 9. Notices under section 7: supplementary

      6. 10. Offences relating to investigations

      7. 11. Power to disclose information etc to the HSSIB

      8. 12. Co-operation regarding logistical issues

    3. Chapter 3

      Prohibition on disclosure

      1. 13. Prohibition on disclosure by the HSSIB

      2. 14. Exceptions from prohibition: disclosure for purposes of investigation etc

      3. 15. Exceptions from prohibition: risk to safety

      4. 16. Further provisions about disclosure under section 14 or 15

      5. 17. Exceptions from prohibition: High Court order

      6. 18. Prevention of disclosure as a result of the exercise of other powers

      7. 19. Disclosure to coroners

      8. 20. Offences of unlawful disclosure

      9. 21. Disclosure of protected material: supplementary

    4. Chapter 4

      Reports

      1. 22. Reports following investigation etc

      2. 23. Opportunity to comment on draft report

      3. 24. Reports during investigation etc

      4. 25. Admissibility of reports under section 22 or 24

      5. 26. Response setting out action to be taken

    5. Chapter 5

      Interpretation of Part 2

      1. 27. Interpretation of Part 2

  3. Part 3

    Additional Functions etc

    1. Additional functions of the HSSIB

      1. 28. Function of giving assistance

      2. 29. Investigations by agreement: Wales and Northern Ireland

    2. Functions: supplementary

      1. 30. Functions: supplementary

      2. 31. Failure to exercise functions

      3. 32. Territorial limit of exercise of functions

      4. 33. Review

  4. Part 4

    Medical Examiners

    1. 34. Medical examiners

  5. Part 5

    Supplementary and Final Provisions

    1. Chapter 1

      Supplementary provisions

      1. 35. Interpretation

      2. 36. Consequential amendments

      3. 37. Offences by bodies corporate

      4. 38. Offences by partnerships

      5. 39. Abolition of NHS trusts in England: consequential amendments

    2. Chapter 2

      Final provisions

      1. 40. Extent

      2. 41. Commencement

      3. 42. Short title

    1. Schedule 1

      The Health Service Safety Investigations Body

      1. Part 1

        Constitution

      2. Part 2

        Transfer Schemes

    2. Schedule 2

      Consequential amendments

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