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Social Workers Registration Act 2003

Register and Registrar - Register of Social Workers

132: Cancellation of registration on Board's direction

You could also call this:

"The Board can cancel a social worker's registration if they did something wrong to get registered."

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The Board can tell the Registrar to cancel a social worker's registration if they think the social worker did something wrong to get registered or was not supposed to be registered in the first place. You might have given false information or you were not entitled to be a social worker. The Board must tell you why they want to cancel your registration and give you a chance to say something about it.

The Board must make sure you know what is happening and give you a chance to talk to them about it before they make a decision. You can have someone with you when you talk to the Board if you want. The Registrar will try to tell you about the Board's decision.

If you do not appeal the decision, the Board can tell the Registrar to tell others about the cancellation in certain publications. The Board will follow the rules in the Social Workers Registration Act 2003 when making decisions about your registration.

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Part 7Register and Registrar
Register of Social Workers

132Cancellation of registration on Board's direction

  1. The Board may direct the Registrar to cancel the entry in the Register relating to a social worker, and give the social worker notice of the cancellation, if it is satisfied that the social worker—

  2. obtained registration by making a false or misleading representation or declaration (whether oral or written); or
    1. was not entitled to be registered.

      1. The Board must not give a direction unless—

      2. it is satisfied that the Registrar has made reasonable efforts to give the social worker—
        1. written notice of the Board’s reasons for proposing to give the direction; and
          1. a copy of any written information on which the Board is relying; and
            1. a written summary of any other information on which the Board is relying; and
              1. written notice giving the social worker a reasonable opportunity to make written submissions and to be heard on the matter, either personally or by a representative; and
              2. the Board has then—
                1. given the social worker a reasonable opportunity to make written submissions and to be heard on the matter, either personally or by a representative; and
                  1. considered any written or oral submissions that were made to it.

                  2. A person exercising their right to be heard personally is entitled to be accompanied by 1 person of their choice who agrees to attend.

                  3. The Registrar must make reasonable efforts to give to the social worker concerned a copy of a direction under subsection (1).

                  4. If no appeal against the order has been made within the time provided by this Act, the Board may direct the Registrar to notify the cancellation in any publications the Board directs.

                  Notes
                  • Section 132(1): amended, on , by section 23 of the Social Workers Registration Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 17).
                  • Section 132(1): amended, on , by section 144(1) of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).
                  • Section 132(1A): inserted, on , by section 130 of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).
                  • Section 132(1B): inserted, on , by section 130 of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).