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Social Workers Registration Act 2003

Miscellaneous, transitional, and consequential provisions - Miscellaneous provisions

141: Certificate of Registrar to be evidence

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"A certificate from the Registrar is proof of something, unless proven wrong."

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If you get a certificate from the Registrar, it is enough evidence for most things, unless someone can prove it is wrong. The certificate can show if someone is registered as a social worker, or if they have a practising certificate. It can also show what is written in the Register, which is a list of social workers. The certificate can be used to prove what the Board, a committee, or a professional conduct committee has done. You can use the certificate to prove what happened during a proceeding of the Tribunal, which is a group that makes decisions about social workers. The Registrar's certificate is a powerful piece of evidence, and you can rely on it to be true, unless someone can show that it is not.

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Part 8Miscellaneous, transitional, and consequential provisions
Miscellaneous provisions

141Certificate of Registrar to be evidence

  1. In the absence of proof to the contrary, a certificate purporting to be signed by the Registrar is for all purposes sufficient evidence of—

  2. whether any person was or was not registered, or was or was not the holder of a practising certificate, at a time or during a period stated in the certificate:
    1. any entry in the Register:
      1. any act or proceeding of the Board, a committee of the Board, or a professional conduct committee.

        1. In the absence of proof to the contrary, a certificate purporting to be signed by the Registrar is for all purposes sufficient evidence of any matter stated in the certificate relating to the proceedings of the Tribunal.

        Notes
        • Section 141(1)(c): amended, on , by section 144(1) of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).