{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989/section-87BB",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989/section-87BB.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/41",
  "legislation_title": "Children Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989",
  "path": "section/87BB",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "87BB",
  "heading": "Information sharing between the Chief Inspector for England and section 87A inspectors",
  "text": "(1) The Chief Inspector for England may disclose information to an inspector appointed under section 87A for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the exercise by the inspector of the function mentioned in section 87A(2)(b).\n(2) A disclosure of information under this section made for the purpose of safeguarding or promoting the welfare of children provided with accommodation by a school or college does not breach—\n(a) any obligation of confidence owed by the Chief Inspector for England, or\n(b) any other restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 87BB inserted (29.6.2026) by Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (c. 21), ss. 51(2), 78(2)(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/41/section/87BB",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T07:28:21.051680+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."
}