Regulation 8 Disclosure of section 56 information for the purposes of inquiries, inspection etc.

to those holding an inquiry under section 17 of the Act, section 81 of the Children Act 1989^f1 or section 1 of the Inquiries Act 2005^f2 for the purposes of such an inquiry;

subject to the provisions of s.74(5) of the Care Standards Act 2000 to the Children’s Commissioner for Wales^f3 for the purposes of any examination conducted in accordance with Part V of that Act;

to the National Assembly for Wales;

subject to the provisions of sections 29(7) and 32(3) of the Local Government Act 1974^f4 (investigations and disclosure), to the Commission for Local Administration in Wales, for the purpose of an investigation conducted in accordance with Part III of that Act;

to any person appointed by the adoption agency for the purpose of the consideration by the agency of any representations (including complaints);

to a panel constituted under section 12 of the Act to consider a qualifying determination in relation to the disclosure of section 56 information;

to a Welsh family proceedings officer or an officer of CAFCASS for the purposes of the discharge of the officer’s duties under the Act;

to a court having power to make an order under the Act or under the Children Act 1989.