1 Citation and interpretation
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.

2 Description of social care workers
A person who is a student social care worker is hereby specified as a description of social care worker for the purposes of section 3(1)(b) of the Act.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 23rd February 2004.
Paul Martin Senior Officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety