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Social Workers Registration Act 2003

Social Workers Registration Board and Social Workers Disciplinary Tribunal - Social Workers Disciplinary Tribunal

118: Removal of members

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"When you can be taken off the Tribunal"

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The Minister must remove you from the Tribunal if you are adjudged bankrupt under the Insolvency Act 2006, or if 5 years have passed since you were appointed to the Tribunal, or if you ask the Minister to remove you. The Minister can also remove you if the chairperson recommends it because you cannot do your job properly or you have neglected your duty or been misconducting yourself. You cannot be removed until any hearings you are part of have finished.

The Minister can remove you from the Tribunal for other reasons too. If the chairperson thinks you are not doing your job well, or you have not done your job, or you have done something wrong, the Minister can remove you. The Minister makes the final decision to remove you from the Tribunal.

If you are removed from the Tribunal, you will not get any compensation. This means you will not get any money for being removed. You will simply stop being a part of the Tribunal.

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Social Workers Disciplinary Tribunal

118Removal of members

  1. The Minister must remove a person from the Tribunal if—

  2. the person is adjudged bankrupt under the Insolvency Act 2006; or
    1. 5 years has elapsed since the date on which the person was appointed to the Tribunal; or
      1. the person gives the Minister written notice asking to be removed from the Tribunal.

        1. The Minister may remove a person from the Tribunal if the chairperson recommends the person’s removal—

        2. because the person is unable to perform the person’s duties adequately; or
          1. for neglect of duty or misconduct, proved to the chairperson's satisfaction.

            1. A person may not be removed from the Tribunal under paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of subsection (1) until any hearings in respect of which that person was appointed to the Tribunal have concluded.

            2. No person is entitled to compensation for removal from the Tribunal.

            Notes
            • Section 118(1): amended, on , by section 121(1) of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).
            • Section 118(1)(a): amended, on , by section 23 of the Social Workers Registration Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 17).
            • Section 118(1)(a): amended, on , by section 445 of the Insolvency Act 2006 (2006 No 55).
            • Section 118(1)(b): amended, on , by section 23 of the Social Workers Registration Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 17).
            • Section 118(1)(c): amended, on , by section 23 of the Social Workers Registration Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 17).
            • Section 118(1)(c): amended, on , by section 121(1) of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).
            • Section 118(2): amended, on , by section 121(1) of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).
            • Section 118(2): amended, on , by section 121(2) of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).
            • Section 118(2)(a): amended, on , by section 23 of the Social Workers Registration Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 17).