{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracting-out-local-authorities-social-services-functions-england-order-2014/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracting-out-local-authorities-social-services-functions-england-order-2014/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/829",
  "legislation_title": "The Contracting Out (Local Authorities Social Services Functions) (England) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracting-out-local-authorities-social-services-functions-england-order-2014",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“registered social worker” means a person registered as a social worker—\n(a) in the register of social workers in England maintained under section 39(1) of the Children and Social Work Act 2017,\n(b) in a register maintained by Social Care Wales under section 80 (the register) of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016,\n(c)in a register maintained by the Scottish Social Services Council under section 44 (register of social workers and of other social service workers) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001, or\n(d)in a register maintained by the Northern Ireland Social Care Council under section 3 (the register) of the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001; and\n“social services function” means any of the functions conferred by or under any of the provisions listed in the Schedule to this Order.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 substituted (2.12.2019) by The Children and Social Work Act 2017 (Consequential Amendments) (Social Workers) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1094), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 33; S.I. 2019/1436, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 substituted (3.4.2017) by The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/52), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 29(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 1.4.2014, see art. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2001 asp 8. Section 44 has been amended by S.I.2007/3101."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2001 c.3 (N.I.). Section 3 has been amended by S.I. 2007/3101."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/829/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:21:02.056171+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}