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Social Workers Registration Act 2003

Preliminary

2: Commencement

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"When the Social Workers Registration Act 2003 starts to apply in New Zealand"

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When the Social Workers Registration Act 2003 is passed, some parts of it will start on a date chosen by the Governor-General. You can find these parts in sections 6 to 149 and the schedules. The Governor-General can choose different dates for different parts of the Act.

The parts of the Act that are in sections 97 to 113 or in Schedule 1 must start no later than 12 months after the Act is passed. The rest of the Act will start the day after it is passed.

If the Governor-General makes an order about when parts of the Act start, it is called secondary legislation, which has its own rules for publication, as explained in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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"The name of the law that registers social workers in New Zealand."

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"This law helps keep people safe by making sure social workers are good at their job and follow the rules."

Part 1Preliminary

2Commencement

  1. Sections 6 to 149 and the schedules come into force on a date appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council; and—

  2. different dates may be appointed for different provisions; but
    1. the date appointed for any of sections 97 to 113 or for Schedule 1 must be no later than the day 12 months after the date on which this Act receives the Royal assent.

      1. The rest of this Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.

      2. An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

      Notes
      • Section 2(1): sections 97 to 113, 137, 141 to 149, Schedule 1, and Schedule 3 (except for the provision relating to the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994) brought into force, on , by the Social Workers Registration Act Commencement Order 2003 (SR 2003/250).
      • Section 2(1): so much of the Act as not in force immediately before the close of 30 September 2004 brought into force, on , by the Social Workers Registration Act Commencement Order 2003 (SR 2003/250).
      • Section 2(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).