SOCIAL WORKERS

The Care Standards Act 200020

1

The Care Standards Act 2000 M1 is amended in accordance with this regulation.

2

In section 64 (qualifications gained outside a Council’s area), in subsection (5)—

a

for the definition of “EEA State”, substitute—

“EEA State” means a member State, Norway, Liechtenstein, Iceland or Switzerland;

b

omit the definition of “EEA Agreement”; and

c

in the definition of “national”, after “Treaties”, insert “ but does not include a person who by virtue of Article 2 of Protocol No.3 (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) to the Treaty of Accession is not to benefit from Community provisions relating to the free movement of persons and services ”.