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Social Workers Registration Act 2003

Miscellaneous, transitional, and consequential provisions - Miscellaneous provisions

144: Proceedings not invalid because of defect in appointment

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"Mistakes in choosing team members don't make your decisions invalid"

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If you are part of a professional conduct committee or the Tribunal, this section is about you. You do important work, and this section says that just because someone on your team was not appointed correctly, it does not mean what you do is invalid. It also says that if someone on your team is not supposed to be there, it still does not make what you do invalid.

If there is a problem with how someone was chosen to be on your team, it will not affect the work you do. You can still make decisions and take actions, even if there was an issue with someone's appointment. This applies to both the professional conduct committee and the Tribunal, and it helps ensure that your work can continue even if there are some problems.

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Part 8Miscellaneous, transitional, and consequential provisions
Miscellaneous provisions

144Proceedings not invalid because of defect in appointment

  1. This section applies to a professional conduct committee, and the Tribunal.

  2. No act or proceeding of a body to which this section applies, or of a person acting as a member of a body to which this section applies, is invalid because—

  3. there was a defect in the appointment of a person acting as a member of the body; or
    1. a person acting as a member of the body was incapable of being, or had ceased to be, a member of it.

      Notes
      • Section 144(1): amended, on , by section 144(1) of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).
      • Section 144(1): amended, on , by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).