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

• Citation: S.I. 2004/2880 (W.)
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order —

(a) may be cited as the Care Council for Wales (Specification of Social Care Workers) (Registration) Order 2004;

(b) comes into force on 19 November 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;

“work” (“ gwaith ”) means work of any type mentioned in section 55(2)(b) to (d) of the Act.

Section 2 Specification of social care workers

(1) The social care workers described in paragraph (2) below are specified for the purposes of section 56(1)(b) of the Act (duty of the Council to maintain a register of social care workers specified by order) .

(2) The description of social care workers is those persons —

(a) who fall within any of the descriptions in section 55(2)(b) to (d) of the Act ;

(b) who ordinarily perform some work in Wales or expect to do so; and

(c) in respect of whom the Secretary of State may, by virtue of that work, issue a criminal record certificate under section 113(1) or 115(1) of the Police Act 1997 .