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Social Workers Registration Act 2003

Register and Registrar - Registrar

138: Registrar to comply with directions of Board

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"The Registrar must follow the Board's instructions promptly."

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The Registrar has to follow the directions given by the Board. You need to know that the Registrar must do this promptly. The Registrar has to comply with these directions, except when section 139 says otherwise, which you can find out more about by looking at the information linked to section 139.

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138Registrar to comply with directions of Board

  1. Subject to section 139, the Registrar must promptly comply with a direction given by the Board.

Notes
  • Section 138: replaced, on , by section 134 of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).