S. 149 in force at 1.11.2012 by S.I. 2012/2657, art. 2(2)

Words in s. 149(2)-(5) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 5 para. 91; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)

Word in s. 149(2) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 6 para. 136(2)(a); S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.)

Words in s. 149(2) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 6 para. 136(2)(b); S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.)

Words in s. 149(3)(4) substituted (1.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 6 para. 136(3); S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(d) (with Sch.)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/section/149Health and Social Care Act 2012An Act to establish and make provision about a National Health Service Commissioning Board and clinical commissioning groups and to make other provision about the National Health Service in England; to make provision about public health in the United Kingdom; to make provision about regulating health and adult social care services; to make provision about public involvement in health and social care matters, scrutiny of health matters by local authorities and co-operation between local authorities and commissioners of health care services; to make provision about regulating health and social care workers; to establish and make provision about a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; to establish and make provision about a Health and Social Care Information Centre and to make other provision about information relating to health or social care matters; to abolish certain public bodies involved in health or social care; to make other provision about health care; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-05-06Expert Participation2026-05-05Health and Social Care Act 2012s. 105(3A)(3B)Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013Sch. 14 para. 21s. 103(3)Health and Social Care Act 2012s. 106(3A)(3B)Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013Sch. 14 para. 22s. 103(3)Health and Social Care Act 2012specified provision(s)The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Commencement No.3, Transitional, Savings and Transitory Provisions and Amendment) Order 2012art. 15Health and Social Care Act 2012Pt. 9 Ch. 1BHealth and Care Act 2022s. 96s. 186(6)Health and Social Care Act 2012s. 259(1)(aa)(b)Health and Care Act 2022s. 98(b)s. 186(6)Health and Social Care Act 2012s. 259(10A)(10B)Health and Care Act 2022s. 98(h)s. 186(6)Health and Social Care Act 2012s. 259(1)(aa)The Health and Social Care Information Centre (Transfer of Functions, Abolition and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023Sch. para. 17(11)(a)(iii)reg. 3reg. 1(4)Health and Social Care Act 2012s. 102(4)(ba)The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019reg. 28reg. 1(1)PART 3Regulation of health and adult social care servicesCHAPTER 7Miscellaneous and general
149Electronic communications(1)

If a notice required or authorised by this Part to be given or sent by or to a person or to be served on a person is sent by an electronic communication, it is to be treated as given, sent or served only if the requirements of subsection (2) or (3) are met.

(2)

If the person required or authorised to give, send or serve the notice is NHS England or the CMA—

(a)

the person to whom the notice is given or sent or on whom it is served must have indicated to NHS England or (as the case may be) the CMA the person's willingness to receive notices by an electronic communication and provided an address suitable for that purpose, and

(b)

the notice must be sent to or given or served at the address so provided.

(3)

If the person required or authorised to give, send or serve the notice is not NHS England or the CMA, the notice must be given, sent or served in such manner as NHS England may require.

(4)

An indication given for the purposes of subsection (2) may be given generally for the purposes of notices required or authorised to be given, sent or served by NHS England or (as the case may be) the CMA under this Part or may be limited to notices of a particular description.

(5)

NHS England must publish such requirements as it imposes under subsection (3).