9.—(1) Where a written request concerning a registered person has been received from a person prescribed in paragraph (2), the Chief Inspector must, pursuant to section 84(3) of the Act, for the purpose of protecting children from harm or neglect, provide to that person such of the information prescribed in paragraph (3) as has been requested and is held by her in relation to that registered person.
(2) The prescribed persons referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(a)a fostering agency within the meaning of section 4(4) of the Care Standards Act 2000(1);
(b)a voluntary adoption agency within the meaning of section 4(7) of that Act;
(c)the National Assembly for Wales;
(d)the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care;
(e)a Health and Social Services Board in Northern Ireland(2);
(f)a body acting on behalf of the Crown in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man; and
(g)the national authority of any other member State of the European Economic Area having functions comprising the regulation of childcare.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the prescribed information referred to in paragraph (1) is the information specified in—
(a)Part 1 of Schedule 1;
(b)paragraphs 6, 7, 9, 10 and 12 of Part 2 of Schedule 1; and
(c)Schedule 2.
(4) Any information referred to in paragraph (3) is not to be treated as prescribed information which must be provided to a prescribed person where the information has previously been provided by the Chief Inspector to that prescribed person.
The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2) as amended imposes certain duties on Health and Social Services Boards in Northern Ireland. Part 11 makes provision for child minding and day care for young children in Northern Ireland.