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Social Workers Registration Act 2003

Miscellaneous, transitional, and consequential provisions - Miscellaneous provisions

147A: Power to obtain information

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"The Board can ask for information to check if someone broke the law"

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The Board can ask you for information if they think someone has broken the law, specifically section 148(2) to (5). They will send you a written notice asking for the information. You might need to give them documents or copies of documents that you have. You have to give the Board the information they ask for, and you must do it within the time frame they specify and in the way they ask. You cannot charge the Board for giving them the information. Before the Board asks you for information, they must first ask the person the information is about to provide it, unless that would cause problems with the law. This rule is also subject to section 147B, which is about privilege.

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Part 8Miscellaneous, transitional, and consequential provisions
Miscellaneous provisions

147APower to obtain information

  1. The Board may, if it has reasonable cause to believe that an offence against section 148(2) to (5) has been committed, by written notice require a person—

  2. to give the Board the information specified in the notice; or
    1. to give the Board a document in or under that person’s custody or control and to allow the Board to make copies of or take extracts from that document; or
      1. to give the Board copies of or extracts from a document in or under that person’s custody or control.

        1. A person who receives a notice under this section must comply with it within the period and in the manner stated in the notice and must do so without charge.

        2. Before issuing a notice, the Board must first make a written request to the person to whom the information relates to provide the information unless doing so would prejudice the maintenance of the law.

        3. This section is subject to section 147B (relating to privilege).

        4. Repealed
        Notes
        • Section 147A: inserted, on , by section 140 of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).
        • Section 147A(1): amended, on , by section 18(1) of the Social Workers Registration Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 17).
        • Section 147A(1)(a): amended, on , by section 18(2) of the Social Workers Registration Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 17).
        • Section 147A(1)(b): amended, on , by section 18(2) of the Social Workers Registration Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 17).
        • Section 147A(1)(c): amended, on , by section 18(2) of the Social Workers Registration Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 17).
        • Section 147A(3): amended, on , by section 18(3) of the Social Workers Registration Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 17).
        • Section 147A(5): repealed, on , by section 18(4) of the Social Workers Registration Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 17).