Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 562
SOCIAL CARE, ENGLAND
The General Social Care Council (Registration) (Description of Social Care Workers) Order 2004
Made
3rd March 2004
Laid before Parliament
9th March 2004
Coming into force
1st April 2004
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 56(1)(b) and 118(1), (4) and (5) of the Care Standards Act 2000( 1 ), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and having consulted the General Social Care Council( 2 ), hereby makes the following Order:—
Citation, interpretation and application
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the General Social Care Council (Registration) (Description of Social Care Workers) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 1st April 2004.
(2) In this Order—
(a) “the Act” means the Care Standards Act 2000; and
(b) “student social worker” means a person participating in a course approved by the General Social Care Council under section 63 of the Act for persons wishing to become social workers.
(3) This Order applies to England only.
Description of social care workers for the purposes of registration
2. Pursuant to section 56(1)(b) of the Act, a person who is a student social worker is hereby specified as a social care worker.
Stephen Ladyman
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
3rd March 2004
See : section 56(4) of the Care Standards Act 2000 for the requirement to consult.