Safeguarding Board Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Supply of information requested by Safeguarding Board

11.—(1) If the Safeguarding Board requests a person or body to supply information specified in the request to—

(a) the Board or a committee or sub-committee (as the case may be), or

(b) another person or body specified in the request,

the request must be complied with as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt of such a request if the first and second conditions are met and either the third or the fourth condition is met.

(2) The first condition is that the request is made for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Safeguarding Board or a committee or sub-committee to exercise its functions.

(3) The second condition is that the request is made to a person or body whose functions or activities are considered by the Safeguarding Board to be such that the person or body is likely to have information relevant to the exercise of a function by the Board or a committee or sub-committee.

(4) The third condition is that the information relates to—

(a) the person or body to whom the request is made,

(b) a function or activity of that person or body, or

(c) a person in respect of whom a function is exercisable, or an activity is engaged in, by that person or body.

(5) The fourth condition is that the information—

(a) is information requested by the Safeguarding Board from a person or body to whom information was supplied in compliance with another request under this section, and

(b) is the same as, or is derived from, information so supplied.

(6) The information may be used by the Safeguarding Board or a committee or sub-committee, or other person or body to whom it is supplied under subsection (1), only for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Board or a committee or sub-committee to exercise its functions.