Regulation 2 Gathering and further processing height and weight information

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 2(1) words substituted by Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Local and Subordinate Legislation) 2010 Sch. 3 para. 83
reg. 2(1) words substituted by Alternative Provision Academies and 16 to 19 Academies (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) 2012 Sch. para. 23

(1)

Subject to paragraph (4) and to any directions given by the Secretary of State, the functions of the Secretary of State under paragraph 7A(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to the Act^f1, to make arrangements with local education authorities and proprietors of independent schools to weigh and measure children, are to be exercisable by Primary Care Trusts in relation to schools present in their area.

(2)

Each Primary Care Trust may, as provided for under such arrangements, weigh and measure children and further process resulting information for the purposes of the National Child Measurement Programme where the conditions laid down in paragraph (3) are met.

(3)

The conditions are —

(a)

the child to be weighed and measured is a relevant child who is able and willing to stand unaided on scales and under a height measure;

(b)

a parent of the relevant child has not withdrawn the child from participation in the weighing and measuring exercise;

(c)

the weighing and measuring exercise is conducted in a room or screened area where information on the measurements is secure and cannot be seen or heard by anyone who is not assisting in the conduct of the exercise or overseeing it; and

(d)

the arrangements are managed on behalf of the Primary Care Trust by a relevant health professional.

(4)

The functions exercisable by a Primary Care Trust under these Regulations may, by arrangement with that trust and subject to such restrictions and conditions as it may think fit, be exercised by another Primary Care Trust.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Paragraph 7A was inserted by section 143(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008.