{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-workers-regulations-2018/regulation-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-workers-regulations-2018/regulation-28.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2018/9780111170090",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Workers Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-workers-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/28",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Carrying out social work in England and use of title",
  "text": "(1) A person may not practise as a social worker in England unless they are a registered social worker.\n(2) A person must not use the title of “social worker” unless they are a registered social worker.\n(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to a person who is practising as a social worker in England on a temporary basis, and is registered as a social worker in a register kept by—\n(a) Social Care Wales,\n(b) the Scottish Social Services Council, or\n(c) the Northern Ireland Social Care Council.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111170090/regulation/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:04:29.511368+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."
}