Duty to co-operate
10
1
The Safeguarding Board and each committee and sub-committee must co-operate with the persons or bodies specified in section 1(3) and with any persons or bodies referred to in section 1(4) in the exercise by the Board or a committee or sub-committee of its functions.
2
The persons or bodies specified in section 1(3) and any persons or bodies referred to in section 1(4) must co-operate with the Safeguarding Board, committees and sub-committees—
a
in the exercise by the Board or a committee or sub-committee of its functions; and
b
in the exercise by the person or body concerned of any of its functions relating to safeguarding or promoting the welfare of children.
3
The disclosure of information to or by the Safeguarding Board or a committee or sub-committee in pursuance of a duty of co-operation under subsection (1) or (2) does not breach any restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed); but this subsection does not authorise a disclosure of information which contravenes the data protection legislation .
4
In this section, “
the data protection legislation
” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).
S. 10 in operation at 14.9.2012 by S.R. 2012/338, art. 2(1)
Words in s. 10(3) substituted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 170(2) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)
S. 10(4) inserted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 170(3) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)