# The Access to Personal Files (Social Services) Regulations 1989, Regulation 2: Right of access to personal information


(1) Subject to regulations 3, 4, 8 and 9, a local social services authority shall be obliged—
(a) to inform any individual whether the accessible personal information held by them includes personal information of which that individual is the subject, and (b) to give that individual access to any personal information of which he is the subject.
(2) A local social services authority shall have complied with their obligation under paragraph (1)(b) if they supply the individual with a copy of any personal information of which he is the subject, but if the local social services authority give the individual access to that information by a means other than supplying him with a copy of it, they shall in addition be obliged to supply the individual with a copy of such of that information as he may require.
(3) If—
(a) a local social services authority supplies an individual with a copy of any personal information of which he is the subject, and (b) that information is expressed in terms which are not intelligible without explanation, the information shall be accompanied by an explanation of those terms.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/206/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-personal-files-social-services-regulations-1989/regulation-2
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