# The Access to Personal Files (Social Services) Regulations 1989, Regulation 3: Request for information


A local social services authority shall not be obliged under regulation 2 to inform an individual or to give access to any information, except in response to a request in writing and on payment of such fee (not exceeding £10) as they may require; but a request under both sub-paragraphs of regulation 2(1) shall be treated as a single request and a request to be informed under sub-paragraph (a) of regulation 2(1) shall, in the absence of any indication to the contrary, be treated as extending also to being given access to any personal information under sub-paragraph (b).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/206/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-personal-files-social-services-regulations-1989/regulation-3
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