The Scottish Social Services Council (Appointments, Procedure and Access to the Register) Regulations 2001

Access to the register

13.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, the Council shall without charge make the register available for inspection by any person–

(a) at its head office during its normal hours of business; and

(b) at a website maintained by them on the internet.

(2) Access to the register under paragraph (1) shall be permitted only to the extent that it discloses–

(a) where the person seeking access is a relevant employer–

(i) the names and registration numbers of persons who are registered;

(ii) the part of the register in which those persons are registered;

(iii) the place of employment of such persons, except where that address is the person’s home address or the Council is satisfied that disclosure of the address could reasonably be expected to expose the person to danger;

(iv) any conditions which the Council has imposed on the registration of such persons;

(v) any qualifications held by such persons which are shown in the register; and

(vi) where registration has been suspended or the person’s name has been removed from the register, that fact; or

(b) where the person seeking access is not a relevant employer, only the matters set out in sub-paragraphs (a)(i) and (ii) and the postal town in which the place of employment referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(iii) is located.

(3) In this regulation “relevant employer” means a person who has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Council that the person employs or proposes to employ a social service worker and will use the information obtained only in connection with such employment or proposed employment.

(4) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (5), the Council shall provide to any person who makes a request in writing or in person at the Council’s offices a copy of any part of the register which is specified in the request.

(5) The Council may charge such fee not exceeding £30 as it may determine in respect of any request which in the opinion of the Council is–

(a) substantially the same as a previous request from the same person;

(b) vexatious; or

(c) for the purposes of a business (other than the business of a relevant employer).