# The Residential Holiday Schemes for Disabled Children (England) Regulations 2013, Regulation 19: Use of surveillance

Extent: E+W

Subject to any requirement for electronic monitoring imposed by a court, the registered person must ensure that no electronic or mechanical monitoring device is used for the surveillance of a child accommodated by the scheme, except—
(a) for the purpose of promoting and safeguarding that child’s welfare; and
(b) where the following conditions are met—
(i) that child’s placing authority consents to the use of the device in question;
(ii) so far as practicable in the light of that child’s age and understanding, that child is informed in advance of the intention to use the device; and
(iii) the use of the device is no more restrictive than necessary, having regard to that child’s need for privacy.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1394/regulation/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/residential-holiday-schemes-for-disabled-children-england-regulations-2013/regulation-19
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