Regulation 8 Disclosure for purposes of agency’s functions or for researchI1

England and Wales

(1)

An adoption agency may disclose section 56 information that is not protected information^f1 as it thinks fit for the purposes of carrying out its functions as an adoption agency.

(2)

An adoption agency may disclose section 56 information (including protected information) to—

(a)

a registered adoption support agency or another adoption agency which provides services to the adoption agency in connection with any of its functions under section 61 or 62 of the Act (disclosing protected information about adults or about children); F1...

(b)

a person who is authorised in writing by the Secretary of State to obtain information for the purposes of researchF2; or

(c)

another adoption agency as it thinks fit for purposes related to its functions or the receiving agency’s functions as an adoption agency.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in reg. 8(2)(a) omitted (5.3.2018) by virtue of The Adoption and Care Planning (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/152), regs. 1, 2(a)
F2: Reg. 8(2)(c) and word inserted (5.3.2018) by The Adoption and Care Planning (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/152), regs. 1, 2(b)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 8 in force at 30.12.2005, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: See section 57(3) of the Act for the meaning of “protected information”.