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(1)Each Council shall maintain a register of—
(a)social workers; and
(b)social care workers of any other description specified by the appropriate Minister by order.
(2)There shall be a separate part of the register for social workers and for each description of social care workers so specified.
(3)The appropriate Minister may by order provide for a specified part of the register to be closed, as from a date specified by the order, so that on or after that date no further persons can become registered in that part.
(4)The appropriate Minister shall consult the Council before making, varying or revoking any order under this section.
Commencement Information
I1S. 56 partly in force; s. 56 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 122; s. 56 in force for W. for certain purposes at 30.4.2002 by S.I. 2002/1175, arts. 1(3), 2(1); s. 56 (1)(a) in force for E. for certain purposes at 1.4.2003 by S.I. 2003/933, art. 2(2); s. 56 in force for W. so far as not already in force at 1.6.2003 by S.I. 2003/501, art. 2(4); s. 56 in force for E. for cetain purposes at 1.3.2004 by S.I. 2004/484, art. 2