Social Workers Registration Act 2003

Register and Registrar - Register of Social Workers

130: Restoration of entries

You could also call this:

"Getting your social worker registration back after it's been cancelled"

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If your entry in the Register of Social Workers has been cancelled under section 128(3), or subsection (3) or subsection (4) of section 129, this section applies to you. You can apply in writing to have your entry restored. The Board must then tell the Registrar to put your entry back in the Register.

When you apply, you are asking the Board to direct the Registrar to restore your entry. The Board will make this decision based on your written application. You can find more information about the rules that apply to your situation in section 128(3) and section 129.

If you want to know more about the rules, you can look at section 128(3) and section 129 to understand how your entry was cancelled. These sections explain the reasons why your entry might have been cancelled. You can use this information to help you with your application to have your entry restored.

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Part 7Register and Registrar
Register of Social Workers

130Restoration of entries

  1. This section applies to a person if the entry in the Register relating to the person has been cancelled under section 128(3), or subsection (3) or subsection (4) of section 129.

  2. On the written application of a person to whom this section applies, the Board must direct the Registrar to restore the entry in the Register relating to the person.

Notes
  • Section 130(1): amended, on , by section 23 of the Social Workers Registration Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 17).