PART 3LOCAL AUTHORITY PUBLIC HEALTH FUNCTIONS

Conditions for weighing and measuring children

11.—(1) Where the conditions in paragraph (2) are met—

(a)a child may be weighed and measured as part of a weighing and measuring exercise, and

(b)a local authority may further process the resulting information and any personal information relating to that child, in accordance with these Regulations.

(2) The conditions are—

(a)the child to be weighed and measured is able and willing to stand unaided on scales and under a height measure;

(b)a parent of the child has not withdrawn the child from participation in the weighing and measuring exercise;

(c)the weighing and measuring exercise is conducted in a room or screened area where information on the measurements is secure and cannot be seen or heard by anyone who is not assisting in the conduct of the exercise or overseeing it; and

(d)the arrangements for the weighing and measuring exercise are managed on behalf of the local authority by a registered medical practitioner, a registered nurse or a registered dietitian.