{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-24.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3266",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-agencies-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/24",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Access to case records and disclosure of information",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (3), an adoption agency shall provide such access to its case records and the indexes to them and disclose such information in its possession, as may be required–\n(a) to those holding an inquiry under section 6A of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (inquiries), for the purposes of such an inquiry;\n(b) to the Secretary of State;\n(c) to the Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland appointed under section 24 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 for the purpose of any investigation conducted under Part II of the Act;\n(d) to the persons and authorities referred to in regulations 12, 19 and 20 to the extent specified in those regulations;\n(e) to a court under regulation 22 to the extent specified in that regulation;\n(f) to a curator ad litem or reporting officer appointed under rules made pursuant to section 58 of the Act (curator ad litem and reporting officer) for the purpose of the discharge of his duties in that behalf.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), an adoption agency may provide such access to its case records and the indexes to them and disclose such information in its possession, as it thinks fit–\n(a) for the purposes of carrying out its functions as an adoption agency; and\n(b) to a person who is authorised in writing by the Secretary of State to obtain information for the purposes of research.\n(3) A written record shall be kept by an adoption agency of any access provided or disclosure made by virtue of this regulation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 49."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 30."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "saved",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/3257",
      "affecting_title": "The Adoption Allowance (Scotland) Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2003/242",
      "affecting_title": "The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (Consequential Modification of Instruments) Order 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3266/regulation/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:28:29.144959+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}