1In section 79B of the Children Act 1989 (c. 41) (persons qualified for registration for child minding or day care), after subsection (5) there is inserted—
“(5A)Where, for the purposes of determining a person’s qualification for registration under this Part—
(a)the registration authority requests any person (“A”) to consent to the disclosure to the authority by another person (“B”) of any information relating to A which is held by B and is of a prescribed description, and
(b)A does not give his consent (or withdraws it after having given it),
the registration authority may, if regulations so provide and it thinks it appropriate to do so, regard A as not suitable to look after children under the age of eight, or not suitable to be in regular contact with such children.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 13 para. 1 wholly in force at 19.12.2002; Sch. 13 para. 1 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 216; Sch. 13 para. 1 in force for E. at 1.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2439, art. 3 (with transitional provisions and savings in art. 4, Sch.) and in force for W. at 19.12.2002 by S.I. 2002/3185, art. 4, Sch. Pt. I