Cap. 605 Art. 14Right to information.  Cap. 586.     Cap. 586.

(1) Without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred in this article and the data protection provisions established by virtue of the Data Protection Act and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, the Division of Education may request, collect and verify any information, data and statistics, as may be required for the performance of its functions.

(2) The Division of Education shall have access to all information which schools, State and non-State, may possess, and shall be entitled to request and obtain all data they may require to perform its functions from students, parents, personnel, and examination bodies, and this data shall be given to the Division within a reasonable time from the date of request.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred in this article and the data protection provisions established by virtue of the Data Protection Act and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, the Division shall have access to other statistics and data of personal, economic and social nature as required in order that it may perform its functions according to this Act.