The Child Minding and Day Care (Disclosure Functions) (England) Regulations 2004
Under the Children Act 1989 (c. 41), Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools (“the Chief Inspector”) has the function of regulating the provision of day care and child minding for children under the age of eight in England. These Regulations, made under section 79N(5) of the Children Act 1989, give the Chief Inspector the additional function, in prescribed circumstances, of disclosing to parents, the police and various organisations concerned with the provision of care for, or with protecting, children certain information gathered while regulating such childcare.