Power of entry: supplementary
6.—(1) An authorised person exercising the power of entry and inspection conferred by regulation 5 may, if that person considers it necessary or expedient for the purposes of the joint inspection, inspect, take copies of and remove from the premises any documents or records (including personal records) relating to the provision of children’s services.
(2) The power in paragraph (1) includes—
(a)power to require any person holding or accountable for documents or records kept on the premises to produce them; and
(b)in relation to records which are kept by means of a computer, power to require the records to be produced in a form in which they are legible and can be taken away.
(3) A person inspecting records under paragraph (1) is entitled to have access to, and to check the operation of, any computer and any associated apparatus or material which is or has been used in connection with the records in question.
(4) An authorised person exercising the power of entry and inspection conferred by regulation 5 may–
(a)require any person to afford such facilities and assistance with respect to matters within the person’s control as are necessary to enable the authorised person to exercise powers under regulation 5 or this regulation; and
(b)take such measurements and photographs and make such recordings as the authorised person considers necessary to enable exercise of those powers.