PART 2Registration of social workers

Transfer of outstanding application for restoration

6.—(1) An application made under article 33(1) of the 2001 Order(1) which was not determined before the transfer date is treated, with effect from the transfer date, as an application to the regulator for restoration to the register by a person whose entry was removed from the register as the result of a removal order made under the Principal Regulations.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

(a)the application is treated—

(i)in the case of a person who was struck off the HCPC register as the result of a striking-off order made by virtue of article 29(5)(a) of the 2001 Order, as an application by a person whose entry was removed from the register as the result of a removal order made under paragraph 12(3)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations,

(ii)in the case of a person who was struck off the HCPC register as the result of a striking-off order made by virtue of article 30 of the 2001 Order, as an application by a person whose entry was removed from the register as the result of a removal order made under paragraph 15(2) of Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations,

(b)the application is treated as having been made in accordance with regulation 15 of the Principal Regulations and any rules made under paragraph (11) of that regulation,

(c)where the person making the application paid any restoration fee payable in accordance with rule 16 of the Registration and Fees Rules, regulation 15(9)(b) of the Principal Regulations does not apply,

(d)where the person making the application did not pay any restoration fee payable in accordance with the Registration and Fees Rules before the transfer date, that fee is treated with effect from the transfer date as a fee payable to the regulator in accordance with rules made under regulation 17(3) of the Principal Regulations.

(1)

That is, an application to be restored to the HCPC register by a person who has been struck off.