Social Workers Registration Act 2003

Register and Registrar - Register of Social Workers

136: Inspection of Register

You could also call this:

"Checking the list of registered social workers"

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The Registrar has to keep the Register of Social Workers where you can see it at the Board's office when it is open. You can go to the office and look at the Register during the office's ordinary hours. The Registrar also has to make sure you can get a copy of the Register or print it out at the office.

The Registrar can give you a copy of the Register or let you print it out, but you might have to pay a fee set by the Board. If you do not pay the fee, the Registrar can say no to letting you see the Register or giving you a copy. The Board sets the fee, and you have to pay it if you want to see the Register or get a copy.

You can look at the Register at the Board's office, and the Registrar has to help you do this by keeping it available and letting you print it out or get a copy, as long as you pay the fee if there is one.

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This page was last updated on 7 August 2025

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135: Board to publish Register, or

"The Board must make a list of social workers available to the public."

137: Board to appoint Registrar, or

"The Board picks a person to be in charge of the social worker register."

Part 7Register and Registrar
Register of Social Workers

136Inspection of Register

The Registrar must keep the published form of the Register open for public inspection at the offices of the Board during its ordinary office hours.
The Registrar must ensure that there are available at the offices of the Board during its ordinary office hours—
copies of the published form of the Register; or
suitable facilities for obtaining print-outs of the published form of the Register.

The Registrar—
may refuse to allow a person to inspect the published form of the Register if the person does not pay the fee (if any) set by the Board for inspecting it; and
may refuse to give a copy or print-out of the published form of the Register or any part of it to any person who does not pay the fee (if any) set by the Board for such a copy or print-out.