# The Child Minding and Day Care (Disclosure Functions) (England) Regulations 2004, Regulation 4: General provisions in relation to the function of disclosure


(1) Nothing in these Regulations shall be taken as requiring the Chief Inspector to disclose information, or as the case may be, further information—
(a) in circumstances where he is not satisfied that the interests of a child, or children generally, will be served by the disclosure; or
(b) subject to paragraph (2), on any occasion where the information, or further information, has already been disclosed by him to the person or organisation to whom it would fall to be disclosed; or
(c) where the information, or further information, is available to that person or organisation by other means reasonably at their disposal; or
(d) where to disclose the information would, in the opinion of the Chief Inspector, involve disproportionate effort or expense.
(2) Paragraph (1)(b) shall not apply in the case of disclosure of information or further information—
(a) under regulation 6 or 7 where the prior disclosure was made under regulation 8; or
(b) under regulation 8 where the prior disclosure was made under regulation 6 or 7.
(3) Nothing in these Regulations shall be taken as requiring the Chief Inspector—
(a) to disclose information or, as the case may be, further information where it appears to him that the information is or may be sought in contemplation or furtherance of civil proceedings against him or any other person or body; or
(b) to disclose information which he is required under any enactment other than the Data Protection Act 1998, by any rule of law or by the order of a court not to disclose.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3136/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-minding-and-day-care-disclosure-functions-england-regulations-2004/regulation-4
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