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Social Workers Registration Act 2003

Discipline - Professional conduct committees

72A: Board’s consideration of committee recommendation for resolving complaint

You could also call this:

"The Board decides what to do about a complaint against a social worker after a committee makes a suggestion."

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When you make a complaint about a social worker, a committee looks at it and makes a recommendation. The Board then considers this recommendation and decides if it agrees with it. If the Board agrees, it must implement the recommendation.

If the Board does not agree with the recommendation, it sends the complaint back to the committee to look at again. The Board must tell the Registrar, the social worker, and the person who made the complaint about its decision and the reasons for it.

The Board must also tell them about any actions it takes, and it must do this in writing, as stated in section 72(2A) and based on the recommendation made under section 71(1)(b)(ii) to (v).

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Professional conduct committees

72ABoard’s consideration of committee recommendation for resolving complaint

  1. On receiving a notice under section 72(2A) of any recommendation made under section 71(1)(b)(ii) to (v), the Board must consider whether it agrees with the recommendation and, if it does agree, it must implement it.

  2. If the Board does not agree with a recommendation made to it, it must refer the complaint back to the committee for further consideration.

  3. The Board must give written notice of its decision, the reasons for its decision, and any action it takes, to—

  4. the Registrar; and
    1. the social worker; and
      1. in the case of a complaint, the complainant.

        Notes
        • Section 72A: inserted, on , by section 99 of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).