161Powers of Regulatory Authority

161 Powers of Regulatory Authority (1) The Regulatory Authority has the power to do all things that are necessary or convenient to be done for, or in connection with, or that are incidental to the carrying out of its functions under this Act. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Regulatory Authority has the following powers— (a) to collect, hold and use information obtained under this Act by the Regulatory Authority about the provision of children's services to children including information about outcomes for children and information about providers of children's services; (b) subject to the **Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014**, to collect, hold and use information about providers of children's services and nominated supervisors; (c) to maintain and publish registers of approved providers and approved children's services; (d) to exercise any other powers conferred on it by this Act. S. 162 inserted by No. 37/2019 s. 8.