{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-workers-regulations-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-11",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2018/9780111170090",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Workers Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-workers-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Interim orders",
  "text": "(1) The adjudicators may make any interim order they consider is necessary for the protection of the public or in the best interests of the social worker, where they—\n(a) have not yet made a determination under paragraph 12(1) or (3), or\n(b) are making a final order under paragraph 12(3)(b).\n(2) The adjudicators may not make an interim order under sub-paragraph (1)(a) unless they have first informed the social worker of the proposed order and given them the opportunity—\n(a) to make written submissions, or\n(b) to attend before the adjudicators and be represented, in order to make oral submissions.\n(3) An interim order ceases to have effect before the expiry of the period specified in the order, or such period as is substituted by the court pursuant to paragraph 14(3)(a) (as the case may be)—\n(a) in the case of an interim order referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a), when the adjudicators determine that the social worker’s fitness to practise is not impaired,\n(b) in the case of an interim order referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b)—\n(i) where there is no appeal against the final order, when the period for appealing expires, or\n(ii) where there is an appeal against the final order, when the appeal is withdrawn or otherwise finally disposed of.\n(4) Where they make an interim order under sub-paragraph (1) the adjudicators must comply with paragraph 8(4).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111170090/schedule/2/paragraph/11",
    "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."
}