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Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001
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- 2001 c. 3
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Grant or refusal of registrationN.I.
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5.—(1) [F1In the case of an application under section 4(1), if the Council] is satisfied that the applicant—
(a)is of good character;
(b)is physically and mentally fit to perform the whole or part of the work of persons registered in any part of the register to which his application relates; and
(c)satisfies the following conditions,
it shall grant the application, either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as it thinks fit; and in any other case it shall refuse it.
(2) The first condition is that—
(a)in the case of an applicant for registration as a social worker—
(i)he has successfully completed a course approved by the Council under section 10 for persons wishing to become social workers;
(ii)he satisfies the requirements of section 11; or
(iii)he satisfies any requirements as to training which the Council may by rules impose in relation to social workers;
(b)in the case of an applicant for registration as a social care worker of any other description, he satisfies any requirements as to training which the Council may by rules impose in relation to social care workers of that description.
(3) The second condition is that the applicant satisfies any requirements as to conduct and competence which the Council may by rules impose.
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F1Words in s. 5(1) substituted (3.12.2007) by European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3101), regs. 1(2), 247
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