Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Social Care Council (Description of social care workers) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2004.

(2) In this Order –

(a)“the Act” means the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001; and

(b)“student social care worker” means a person participating in a course approved by the Council under section 10 of the Act for persons wishing to become social workers.