PART 4SOCIAL CARE WORKERS

Registration in the social worker part or an added part of the register

I183Registration

1

The registrar must grant an application made under section 82 if satisfied that—

a

the application is made in the form and manner specified in rules made by SCW,

b

the applicant has paid the fee (if any) specified in rules made by SCW under section 74, and

c

the applicant meets the registration requirements.

2

The registration requirements are that—

a

the person is appropriately qualified (see section 84),

b

the person's fitness to practise is not impaired on one or more of the grounds in section 117(1), and

c

the person intends to practise the work of persons registered in the part of the register to which the application relates.

3

For the purposes of subsection (2)(c) SCW may by rules specify—

a

activities that are to be regarded as practising the work of persons registered in a part of the register;

b

the criteria to be applied by the registrar for determining whether a person intends to practise.