2.—(1) Subject to regulations 3, 4, 8, 9 and 10, a social work authority shall be obliged—
(a)to inform any individual whether the accessible personal information(1) held by them includes personal information(2) of which that individual is the subject, and
(b)to give that individual access to any personal information of which he is the subject.
(2) A social work authority shall have complied with their obligation under paragraph (1)(b) if they supply the individual with a copy of any personal information of which he is the subject, but if the social work authority give the individual access to that information by a means other than supplying him with a copy of it, they shall in addition be obliged to supply the individual with a copy of such part of that information as he may require.
(3) If—
(a)a social work authority supply an individual with a copy of any personal information of which he is subject, and
(b)that information is expressed in terms which are not intelligible without explanation,
the information shall be accompanied by an explanation of those terms.
“Accessible personal information” is defined in section 2(3) of the Act.
“Personal information” is defined in section 2(2) of the Act.