17General access to carers register

17 General access to carers register

17 General access to carers register

The Children’s Guardian may give access to information held on the carers register to the following—

(a) a designated agency, but only to the extent the information relates to a relevant person for the designated agency within the meaning of section 16,

(b) an accredited adoption service provider, but only to the extent the information relates to—

(i) a person whose suitability to be an adoptive parent is being, or has been, assessed by the accredited adoption service provider, or

(ii) a person, other than a child in out-of-home care, who resides for more than 21 days on the same property as a person referred to in subparagraph (i),

(c) the parent of a child whose information is recorded on the register, but only to the extent the information relates to the child.

s 17: Ins 2022 (480), Sch 1[7].