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Social Workers Registration Act 2003

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

37: Interim practising certificates

You could also call this:

"Temporary social worker licence"

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You can get an interim practising certificate if the Board directs it under section 33(4). The Board can add conditions to your certificate that affect what you can do as a social worker. You can get this certificate in hard copy or electronically. If you get a different type of practising certificate, your interim one will be cancelled.

The Board can cancel your interim practising certificate at any time and for any reason. They will tell you that your certificate is cancelled and why it is cancelled. Your certificate will be cancelled when you get the notice, as explained in section 145.

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

37Interim practising certificates

  1. An interim practising certificate—

  2. may only be issued pursuant to a direction under section 33(4); and
    1. may be issued with conditions in the person’s individual scope of practice as the Board thinks fit.

      1. An interim practising certificate may be issued either in hard copy or electronically.

      2. An interim practising certificate is cancelled by the issue to its holder of a practising certificate that is not an interim practising certificate.

      3. The Board may, at any time and for any reason, direct the Registrar to give the holder of an interim practising certificate notice of—

      4. the cancellation of the certificate; and
        1. the reasons for the cancellation.

          1. A cancellation under subsection (3) takes effect when the holder is given the notice (see section 145).

          Notes
          • Section 37(1)(a): amended, on , by section 56(1) of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).
          • Section 37(1)(b): amended, on , by section 56(2) of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).
          • Section 37(1A): inserted, on , by section 55(1) of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).
          • Section 37(4): amended, on , by section 55(2) of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).