Legislation used in children's services

We sometimes need to use your personal information to meet our legal obligations or our public task.

The following is a non-exhaustive list of the legislation placing statutory duties on Gloucestershire County Council:

Accounts and Audit Regulations 1974
Achieving Best Evidence 2007
Adoption and Children Act 2002
Care Act 2014
Care Planning Regulations 2015
Care Planning, Placement and Case Review Regulations 2010
Care Standards Act 2000
Childcare Act 2006
Children & Families Act 2014
Children Act 1989 and 2004
Children and Young Persons Act 2008
Children and Young Persons Act 1933
Children Leaving Care Act 2000
Chronically Sick & Disabled persons Act 1970
Code of Practice for Victims 2006 (Victim’s Charter)
Common Law Duty of Confidentiality
Computer Misuse Act 1990
Crime and Disorder Act 1998
Criminal Justice Act 2003
Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008
Data Protection Act 2018
Digital Economy Act 2017
Education Act 1996 (particularly Section 2) & Education Act 2011 (particularly Section 74)
Education and Inspection Act 2006
Equalities Act 2010
Gloucestershire County Council Byelaws relating to the Employment of Children 2002
Health and Social Care Act 2008 and 2012
Housing Grants, Construction & Recognition Act 1996
Home to School Travel and Transport Guidance
Home to School Travel for Pupils Requiring Special Arrangements Guidance
Human Rights Act 1998
Information Sharing: Guidance for practitioners and managers 2008
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders 2012
Limitation Act 1980
Mental Capacity Act 2005
NHS Act 2006 as amended (Statutory duties and functions)
NHS Care Records Guarantee for England
Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997
Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1984: Code C 3.15
Public Sector Equality Duty S.149
S251 b – Health & Social Care (Safety & Quality Act 2015)
School Admission Appeal Code 2012
School Admission Code 2014
School Information Regulation 2002
School Discipline (Pupil Exclusions and Reviews) Regulations 2012
School Premises (England) Regulations 2012
School Standards and Framework Act 1998
Short breaks statutory guidance 2010
Social Care Records Guarantee for England
Special Educational Needs Code of Practice 0-25 years 2015
The Carers & Disabled Children Act 2000
The Carers (Recognition & Services) Act 1995
The Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014 and Amendment 2015
The Children (Performance and Activities) (England) Regulations 2014
The Children (Private Arrangements for Fostering) Regulations 2005
The National Minimum Standards for Private Fostering 2005
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989
Working Together 2015 and 2018
Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999