# The Care Leavers (Wales) Regulations 2015, Regulation 10: Records


(1) The responsible local authority must establish and maintain a written case record for each category 2, category 3 and category 4 young person (“the case record”) (“y cofnod achos”).
(2) The case record must include the written records required by virtue of regulation 4(3) and regulation 5(3), and the following records (“relevant records”) (“cofnodion perthnasol”)—
(a) any assessment of needs,
(b) any pathway plan,
(c) any review of a pathway plan.
(3) Relevant records must be retained by the responsible local authority until the 75th anniversary of the date of birth of the category 2, category 3, or category 4 young person to whom they relate or, if the young person dies before attaining the age of 18, for a period of 15 years beginning with the date of death.
(4) The requirement in paragraph (1) may be complied with by retaining the original written records or copies of them, or by keeping all or part of the information contained in them in some other accessible form such as a computer record.
(5) Relevant records must be kept securely and may not be disclosed to any person except in accordance with—
(a) any provision of, or made under or by virtue of, a statute under which access to such records is authorised, or
(b) any court order authorising access to such records.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1820/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/care-leavers-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-10
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