SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Amendments to do with Part 2

Part 1General amendments

Adoption and Children Act 2002

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1

In section 10 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, in subsection (2), for “, one of the registers maintained under” substitute

—

a

the register of social workers in England maintained under section 39 of the Children and Social Work Act 2017,

b

any register of social care workers in England maintained under an Order in Council under section 60 of the Health Act 1999 or any register maintained under such an Order in Council so far as relating to social care workers in England, or

c

the register maintained under”.

2

Until the coming into force of the amendment made by sub-paragraph (1), section 10(2) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 is to have effect as if the reference to the registers mentioned there included a reference to the part of the register maintained under article 5 of the Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001 that relates to social workers in England.