Education Act 2005

58 Inspection of computer records E+W

A person authorised by any provision of this Part to inspect records or other documents—

(a) is entitled at any reasonable time to have access to, and inspect and check the operation of, any computer and any associated apparatus or material which is or has been in use in connection with the records or other documents in question, and

(b) may require—

(i) the person by whom or on whose behalf the computer is or has been so used, or

(ii) any person having charge of, or otherwise concerned with the operation of, the computer, apparatus or material,

to afford him such assistance as he may reasonably require (including, in particular, the making of information available for inspection or copying in a legible form).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 58 applied (6.4.2007) by Childcare Act 2006 (c. 21), ss. 77(6), 109; S.I. 2007/1019, art. 4

C2 S. 58 applied (E.) (1.9.2005) by The Children Act 2004 (Joint Area Reviews) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1973), reg. 2, Sch. para. 2(b)

S. 58 applied (E.) (1.9.2005) by The Children Act 2004 (Joint Area Reviews) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1973), reg. 2, Sch. para. 4(2)(b)

C3 S. 58 applied (1.9.2005 for E. and 1.9.2006 for W.) by 2002 c. 32, s. 164(6) (as substituted by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), ss. 54, 125, Sch. 8 para. 3); S.I. 2005/2034, art. 4, S.I. 2006/1338, {art. 3}, Sch. 1

C4 S. 58 applied (1.9.2005 for E. and 1.9.2006 for W.) by 2002 c. 32, s. 162B(3) (as inserted by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), ss. 54, 125, Sch. 8 para. 2); S.I. 2005/2034, art. 4, S.I. 2006/1338, {art. 3}, Sch. 1

C5 S. 58 applied (3.10.2005 for E. and 1.9.2006 for W.) by 1998 c. 31 Sch. 26 para. 18(3) (as substituted by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), ss. 53, 119, 125, Sch. 7 para. 24(3)); S.I. 2005/2034, art. 6, S.I. 2006/1338, {art. 3}, Sch. 1

C6 S. 58 applied by 2006 c. 21, s. 98D(9) (as inserted (12.1.2010) by Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22), ss. 199, 269(2))

C7 S. 58 applied by 2006 c. 21, s. 78A(7) (as inserted (1.4.2014 for specified purposes, 1.9.2014 in so far as not already in force) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 4 para. 49; S.I. 2014/889, arts. 3(m), 7(e))

C8 S. 58 applied (5.1.2015) by Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25), ss. 97(2), 110(3), 173(4); S.I. 2014/3364, art. 2(d)(g)

C9 S. 58 applied (9.11.2015) by The Children Act 2004 (Joint Area Reviews) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1792), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 3

Commencement Information

I1 S. 58 wholly in force at 1.9.2006; s. 58 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 125; s. 58 in force for E. at 1.9.2005 by S.I. 2005/2034, art. 4; S. 58 in force for W. at 1.9.2006 by S. I. 2006/1338, art. 3, Sch. 1