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The Care Standards Act 2000 (Relevant Registers of Social Workers) Regulations 2005

S.I. 2005/491 · Made 5 March 2005

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SOCIAL CARE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 5th March 2005

Laid before Parliament 10th March 2005

Coming into force 1st April 2005

The Secretary of State and the National Assembly for Wales, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 61(2)(b) and 118(5) of the Care Standards Act 2000f1, and being satisfied that the laws of Scotland and Northern Ireland under which the relevant registers are maintained correspond to the provisions in Part 4 of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2000 c. 14. The powers are exercisable by the appropriate Minister, who is defined in section 121(1), in relation to England and Wales, as the Secretary of State and the National Assembly for Wales acting jointly. “Prescribed” and “regulations” are defined in section 121(1) of the Act.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement, interpretation and application
  2. 2Prescription of relevant registers
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Care Standards Act 2000 (Relevant Registers of Social Workers) Regulations 2005, and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.

(2)

In these Regulations “the Act” means the Care Standards Act 2000.

(3)

These Regulations apply in relation to England and Wales.

2Prescription of relevant registers

For the purposes of section 61(2)(b) of the Act, a relevant register is—

(a)

the register maintained by the Scottish Social Services Council, under section 44 of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001f1, in so far as that register relates to social workersf2; and

(b)

the register maintained by the Northern Ireland Social Care Council under section 3 of the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001f3, in so far as that register relates to social workersf4.

Signature

Stephen Ladyman

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Health

5th March 2005

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998f1

John Marek

Deputy Presiding Officer, National Assembly for Wales

1st March 2005

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which relate to England and Wales, are made under section 61(2)(b) of the Care Standards Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”) and prescribe the registers of social workers maintained under provisions of Scottish and Northern Irish legislation which correspond to the registers maintained by the General Social Care Council and the Care Council for Wales respectively under the 2000 Act.

The purpose of prescribing these registers is to ensure that an individual registered in either of them will not be guilty of an offence under section 61 of the 2000 Act if he takes or uses the title “social worker” while working in such a capacity in either England or Wales.