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Regulation 22 Use of surveillance

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Subject to any requirements for electronic monitoring imposed by a court under any enactment, the registered person shall ensure that electronic or mechanical monitoring devices for the surveillance of children are not used in a children’s home, except for the purpose of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the child concerned, or other children accommodated in the children’s home, and where the following conditions are met—

(a)

the child’s placing authority consents to the use of the measure in question;

(b)

it is provided for in the child’s placement plan;

(c)

so far as practicable in the light of his age and understanding, the child in question is informed in advance of the intention to use the measure; and

(d)

the measure is no more restrictive than necessary, having regard to the child’s need for privacy.