Retention and confidentiality of records
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1
A case record relating to a child who is placed must be retained by the responsible authority until the seventy-fifth anniversary of the date of birth of the child to whom it relates or, if the child dies before attaining the age of 18, for a period of 15 years beginning with the date of his or her death.
2
The requirements of paragraph (1) may be complied with either by retaining the original written record, or a copy of it, or by keeping all of the information from such record in some other accessible form (such as by means of a computer).
3
A responsible authority must secure the safe keeping of case records and must take all necessary steps to ensure that information contained in them is treated as confidential, subject only to—
a
any provision of or made under or by virtue of, a statute under which access to such records or information may be obtained or given;
b
any court order under which access to such records or information may be obtained or given.