{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-services-wales-regulations-2019/regulation-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-services-wales-regulations-2019/regulation-28.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2019/291",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authority Adoption Services (Wales) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-services-wales-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/28",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Records",
  "text": "(1) The service provider must keep and maintain the records specified in Part 1 of Schedule 3.\n(2) The service provider must—\n(a) ensure that records specified in Part 1 of Schedule 3 are accurate and up to date;\n(b) keep the records securely;\n(c) make suitable arrangements for the records to continue to be kept securely in the event the service closes;\n(d) make the records available to the service regulator on request;\n(e) where an adoption order has been made in relation to a child, retain records relating to the child and the child’s adopter for at least 100 years from the date of the adoption order;\n(f) where adoption support services are provided to an individual, retain records relating to the individual for at least 100 years from the date of the last entry;\n(g) in a case which does not fall within sub-paragraph (e) or (f) retain—\n(i) records relating to adults for 3 years from the date of the last entry;\n(ii) records relating to children for 15 years from the date of the last entry;\n(h) ensure that individuals who use the service—\n(i) can have access to their records, and\n(ii) are made aware they can access their records.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2019/291/regulation/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:20:23.388066+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}