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1(1)The Social Workers Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/893) have effect as if they were subject to the following modifications.E+W

(2)Regulation 9 (information to be recorded in the register in relation to a registered social worker) has effect as if—

(a)in paragraph (1) after sub-paragraph (b) there were inserted—

(ba)in the case of a social worker registered under regulation 12A (emergency registration) the fact that the social worker has been registered under that regulation,, and

(b)after paragraph (1) there were inserted—

(1A)The information referred to in paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (ba) is not required to be recorded in the register in relation to a social worker registered under regulation 12A as a member of a specified group.

(3)The regulations have effect as if after regulation 12 there were inserted—

Temporary registration in emergencies involving loss of human life or human illness etcE+W

12A(1)The regulator may register a person as a social worker, or the persons comprising a specified group of persons as social workers, if—

(a)the Secretary of State has advised the regulator that an emergency has occurred, is occurring or is about to occur and that the regulator should consider acting under this regulation, and

(b)the regulator considers that the emergency registration requirement is met in relation to the person or group of persons.

(2)For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) the emergency registration requirement is met—

(a)in relation to a person, if the regulator considers that the person is a fit, proper and suitably experienced person to be registered as a social worker with regard to the emergency;

(b)in relation to a group of persons, if the regulator considers that the group is comprised of persons who are of a type who may reasonably be considered fit, proper and suitably experienced persons to be registered as social workers with regard to the emergency.

(3)The regulator may register all of the persons comprising a specified group of persons without first identifying each person in the group.

(4)The registration of a person under this regulation has effect subject to any conditions imposed by the regulator; and the regulator may at any time vary or revoke such a condition or add new conditions.

(5)Where a person is registered under this regulation as a member of a specified group, the person's registration may (but need not) be subject to the same conditions as the registration of other members of the group.

(6)A person's registration under this regulation ceases to have effect if revoked by the regulator; and the regulator—

(a)must revoke the registration if the Secretary of State advises the regulator that the circumstances that led the Secretary of State to give the advice referred to in paragraph (1)(a) no longer exist;

(b)may at any time revoke the registration for any other reason, including where the regulator suspects that the person's fitness to practise may be impaired.

(7)A person's registration as a member of a specified group may be revoked—

(a)without the registration of the other members of the group being revoked, or

(b)as a result of a decision to revoke the registration of all the members of the group.

(8)If a person's registration under this regulation is revoked under paragraph (6)(a), the registration ceases to have effect at the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which it is revoked.

(9)If a person's registration under this section is revoked under paragraph (6)(b), the registration ceases to have effect immediately.

(10)The following provisions of these regulations do not apply to persons registered under this regulation—

(a)regulation 9 (content of the register), other than paragraph (1)(a), (b) and (ba) and paragraphs (1A) and (3);

(b)regulations 10 to 12 and 13 to 15 (other provisions relating to registration);

(c)regulation 16(4) and (5) (duty to provide information to regulator: sanctions);

(d)regulation 17 (fees for registration);

(e)Part 5 (discipline and fitness to practise).

(11)If a person breaches a condition to which the person's registration under this regulation is subject, anything done by the person in breach of the condition is to be treated as not done by a registered social worker.

(12)The regulator may do anything which appears to it to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of, or in connection with, the performance of its functions under this regulation.

(13)This includes—

(a)making rules, and

(b)issuing guidance to persons registered under this regulation or to the public.

(14)Paragraphs (2) to (5) of regulation 3 do not apply to rules under paragraph (12)(a).

(15)In this regulation “emergency” means an emergency of the kind described in section 19(1)(a) of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, read with subsection (2)(a) and (b) of that section.

(4)Regulation 19 (registration appeals) has effect as if after paragraph (2) there were inserted—

(2A)Paragraph (1) does not apply to—

(a)a decision by the regulator to refuse to register a person under regulation 12A, or

(b)a decision by the regulator to revoke a person's registration under that regulation.

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