These Regulations provide for individuals to have access to information relating to themselves held by local social services authorities.

Provided that an individual applies in writing and pays the appropriate fee (regulation 3) and supplies sufficient information to establish his identity and enable the local social services authority to locate the information (regulation 4), a local social services authority is obliged to tell him whether they hold any information on him and to give him access to that information (regulation 2).

If the information in respect of which an application has been received refers to another individual, the local social services authority must within the specified time, seek the consent of that other individual to the information being disclosed (regulation 5).

The information supplied must be that held at the time the request is made (regulation 7) and must be supplied within the specified time (regulation 6).

Provision is made for certain information to be exempt from disclosure (regulations 8 and 9), for inaccurate information to be rectified or erased (regulation 10) and for the review of decisions, by members of the local social services authority (regulation 11).