These Regulations may be cited as the Information Sharing Index (England) Regulations 2006 and come into force on the seventh day after the day on which they are made.

These Regulations apply in relation to the establishment and operation of one or more information sharing indexes.

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Children Act 2004;

• “information sharing index” means any database established or operated, or to be established and operated, under section 12 of the Act;

• “specialist or targeted service” means any service which is not normally provided to all persons in a particular age group; and

• “the Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State for Education and Skills except in relation to information provided under section 12(9) of the Act, where a reference to information provided by a Secretary of State is a reference to information provided by any of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State.