# The Children Act 2004 Information Database (England) Regulations 2007, Regulation 12: Disclosure of information from the database


(1) The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families or a local authority may disclose information included in the database if he, or it, is satisfied that—
(a) disclosure is required by or under any enactment, by any rule of common law or by order of the court;
(b) disclosure is necessary for the purposes of—
(i) the prevention or detection of crime;
(ii) the prosecution of offenders;
(iii) an investigation under section 47 of the Children Act 1989; or
(iv) the exercise by a Local Safeguarding Children Board of its functions under regulation 5(1)(e) or 6 of the Local Safeguarding Children Boards Regulations 2006.
(2) Subject to regulation 6(5), a local authority may disclose information of a description specified in paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 to 7 of Schedule 1 contained in a child record which is not archived information to a person exercising functions of the authority under Part 6 (school admissions, attendance and charges) of the Education Act 1996.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110777450/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-children-act-2004-information-database-england-regulations-2007/regulation-12
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