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Social Workers Registration Act 2003

Registration, authorisation to practise within scope of practice, and practising certificates - Certificates of registration

20: Certificates of registration

You could also call this:

"Proof of being a registered social worker"

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The Registrar has to give you a certificate of registration if you are a social worker and you ask for one, as long as your registration is not suspended and you pay the fee set by the Board. You get this certificate to prove you are registered as a social worker. The Registrar signs and dates the certificate and includes all the information the Board requires.

The certificate tells you what kind of registration you have. If you have provisional or temporary registration, the certificate says so. The Registrar makes sure the certificate has all the necessary information about you as a social worker.

You can use the certificate as proof of your registration, and it is given to you after you pay the required fee and ask for it, as long as you are allowed to practise as a social worker.

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Part 2Registration, authorisation to practise within scope of practice, and practising certificates
Certificates of registration

20Certificates of registration

  1. The Registrar must give a certificate of registration to any social worker (other than a social worker whose registration is suspended) who asks for one, and pays the fee (if any) set by the Board.

  2. The certificate—

  3. must be signed and dated by the Registrar; and
    1. must state all the information about the social worker the Board requires for certificates of registration.

      1. If the social worker has only provisional or temporary registration, the certificate must say so.

      Notes
      • Section 20(1): amended, on , by section 144(1) of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).