Regulation 15 Confidential records with respect to children in children’s homes

(1)

The responsible authority shall arrange that there shall be kept in each children’s home a record in permanent form with respect to each child who is accommodated there, which shall so far as practicable include the information specified in Schedule 2.

(2)

The record mentioned in paragraph (1) shall be kept securely and treated as confidential subject only to—

(a)

any provision under or by virtue of a statute under which access may be obtained or given to records and information concerning a child;

(b)

any court order, in respect of access to records and information concerning a child.

(3)

The records mentioned in paragraph (1) shall be retained for at least seventy-five years from the date of birth of the child to whom they relate or, if the child dies before attaining the age of 18, for a period of 15 years from the date of his death.