The Care Council for Wales (Specification of Student Social Workers) (Registration) Order 2004

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2004 No. 709 (W.76)

SOCIAL CARE, WALES

The Care Council for Wales (Specification of Student Social Workers) (Registration) Order 2004

Made

10th March 2004

Coming into force

1st April 2004

The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the power conferred upon it by section 56(1)(b) of the Care Standards Act 2000(1) and having consulted the Care Council for Wales(2), hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Care Council for Wales (Specification of Student Social Workers) (Registration) Order 2004 and comes into force on 1st April 2004.

(2) In this Order —

“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Care Standards Act 2000;

“the Council” (“y Cyngor”) means the Care Council for Wales;

“student social worker” (“gweithiwr cymdeithasol o dan hyfforddiant”) means a person participating in a course approved by the Council under section 63 of the Act for persons wishing to become social workers.

Specification of student social workers

2.  Student social workers are hereby specified for the purposes of section 56(1)(b) of the Act (requirement for the Council to maintain a register of specified social care workers).

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(3)

John Marek

The Deputy Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

10th March 2004

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies student social workers for the purposes of section 56 of the Care Standards Act 2000. Section 56 requires the Care Council for Wales to maintain a register of social workers and social care workers of any other description specified by the National Assembly for Wales by order.

(1)

2000 c. 14. The power is conferred upon the appropriate Minister which is defined in section 121(1) of the Act as “the Assembly” in relation to Wales. See section 5(b) of the Act for the definition of the Assembly.

(2)

See section 56(4) of the Act for the requirement to consult.

(3)

1998 c. 38.