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Social Workers Registration Act 2003

Miscellaneous, transitional, and consequential provisions - Miscellaneous provisions

148A: Failure by employer to report to Board not offence

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"Not telling the Board what you're supposed to doesn't break the law."

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If you are an employer and you do not report to the Board as you are supposed to under sections like section 38B, 47A, or 51(1C), you will not be committing an offence. You are still required to report to the Board, but not doing so will not result in you breaking the law. This means you will not be punished for failing to report to the Board as required.

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Part 8Miscellaneous, transitional, and consequential provisions
Miscellaneous provisions

148AFailure by employer to report to Board not offence

  1. An employer who fails to report to the Board as required by section 38B, 47A, or 51(1C) does not commit an offence.

Notes
  • Section 148A: inserted, on , by section 143 of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).