Part 3Regulation of Provision of Childcare in England
Chapter 5Common provisions
Miscellaneous
I1I290Cases where consent to disclosure withheld
1
This section applies where the Chief Inspector—
a
is determining, for the purpose of deciding whether to grant an application for registration under F1any of Chapters 2 to 4, whether the prescribed requirements for registration are satisfied and are likely to be continued to be satisfied, or
b
is determining, for the purpose of deciding whether to cancel the registration of any person under section 68(2)(a) F2or 69B(2)(a), whether the prescribed requirements for registration have ceased, or will cease, to be satisfied.
2
The Chief Inspector may, if regulations so provide and he thinks it appropriate to do so, treat the prescribed requirements for registration as not being satisfied or (as the case may be) as having ceased to be satisfied if for the purpose of his determination—
a
the Chief Inspector has requested a person (“A”) to consent to the disclosure by another person (“B”) to the Chief Inspector of information which—
i
relates to A,
ii
is held by B, and
iii
is of a prescribed description, and