http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2019/762/regulation/30The Regulated Adoption Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2019texttext/xmlenSOCIAL CARE, WALESStatute Law Database2024-03-19Expert Participation2023-12-31 These Regulations are made under the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (“the Act”) and set out the regulatory requirements and related provisions for providers of regulated adoption services and for those persons who are designated as the “responsible individuals” for such services. PART 10 Other requirements on service providersRecords301The service provider must keep and maintain the records specified in Schedule 2.2The service provider must—aensure that records specified in Schedule 2 are accurate and up to date;bkeep the records securely;cmake suitable arrangements for the records to continue to be kept securely in the event the service closes;dmake the records available to the service regulator on request;ewhere an adoption order has been made in relation to a child, retain records relating to the child and the child's adopter for at least 100 years from the date of the adoption order;fwhere adoption support services are provided to an individual, retain records relating to the individual for at least 100 years from the date of the last entry;gin a case which does not fall within sub-paragraph (e) or (f) retain—irecords relating to adults for 3 years from the date of the last entry:iirecords relating to children for 15 years from the date of the last entry;hensure that individuals who use the service—ican have access to their records, andiiare made aware they can access their records.Reg. 30 in force at 29.4.2019, see reg. 1(2)
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