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Social Workers Registration Act 2003

Miscellaneous, transitional, and consequential provisions - Miscellaneous provisions

147: Regulations

You could also call this:

"Rules made by the Governor-General to help social workers and related groups work smoothly"

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The Governor-General can make regulations for certain purposes, such as regulating how the Board, the Tribunal, or professional conduct committees work. You can think of regulations like rules that help make sure everything runs smoothly. The Governor-General can also make regulations about how social workers identify themselves when dealing with the public.

The Minister must talk to the Board before recommending that the Governor-General make any regulations. Regulations are a type of secondary legislation, which means they are rules made under an Act of Parliament - you can learn more about this in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

The Governor-General can make regulations for other things that are necessary to make the Social Workers Registration Act work properly.

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Part 8Miscellaneous, transitional, and consequential provisions
Miscellaneous provisions

147Regulations

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations for the following purposes:

  2. regulating the procedure of the Board, the Tribunal, or professional conduct committees:
    1. regulating the use of identification by social workers when dealing with members of the public:
      1. providing for any other matters contemplated by this Act, necessary for its administration, or necessary for giving it full effect.

        1. The Minister must not recommend the making of regulations without consulting the Board.

        2. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

        Notes
        • Section 147(1): amended, on , by section 139(1) of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).
        • Section 147(1)(a): amended, on , by section 144(1) of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).
        • Section 147(1)(aa): inserted, on , by section 139(2) of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).
        • Section 147(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).