General provisionsE+W
3.—(1) For the purposes of regulations 4, 5, 6 and 10, information is not to be treated as prescribed information which may or must be disclosed—
(a)where it includes information as to the identity of any child to whom childcare is being or has been provided without the consent of a parent of the child identified; or
(b)where it includes information as to the identity of a parent or relative of such a child (unless the parent or relative in question is the childcare provider) without the consent of the parent or relative identified.
(2) For the purposes of regulations 4 to 10, information is not to be treated as prescribed information which may or must be disclosed where the Chief Inspector is required under any enactment, by any rule of law or by the order of a court not to disclose the information.
(3) In this regulation—
“disclosure” includes making information available, or the provision of information, to a person or body, and “disclose” shall be construed accordingly;
“parent” includes any individual who—
has parental responsibility for a child, or
has care of a child.