Regulation 7 Retention of information

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), information disclosed for inclusion in the database under these Regulations, or provided by the Secretary of State under section 12(9) of the Act, may be retained for six years from the date on which it becomes archived information.

(2)

The information may be retained for longer than six years from the date on which it becomes archived information if the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families or a local authority is satisfied it is necessary to retain the information for the purposes of—

(a)

an investigation under section 47 of the Children Act 1989^f1 (local authority’s duty to investigate); or

(b)

the exercise by a Local Safeguarding Children Board^f2 of its functions under regulation 5(1)(e) (serious case reviews) or 6 (functions relating to child deaths) of the Local Safeguarding Children Boards Regulations 2006^f3.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 47 was amended by paragraph 118(7) of the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17); section 15(4) of, and paragraph 69 of Schedule 8 to, the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37); paragraph 24(7) of Schedule 1 to the Health Act 1999 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) Order 2000, S.I. 2000/90; paragraph 79 of Schedule 4 to the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43); and section 53(3) of the Children Act 2004.
f2: Local Safeguarding Children Boards are established under section 13 of the Children Act 2004.
f3: S.I. 2006/90.