Social Workers Registration Act 2021

The Governor may make such regulations as are contemplated by, or necessary or expedient for the purposes of, this Act.

Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may—

exempt any person or class of persons from the obligation to pay a fee prescribed for the purposes of this Act; and

regulate, or otherwise make provision with respect to, the education and training of social workers for the purposes of this Act, including by making provision with respect to the approval of courses that may lead to registration; and

make any provision with respect to the keeping of the register under this Act; and

make any provision with respect to certificates of registration under this Act; and

make provisions of a transitional or savings nature consequent on the enactment of this Act or the Social

Act 2025; and

prescribe penalties, not exceeding $2 500, for breach of, or non‑compliance with, a regulation.

The regulations may—

refer to or incorporate, wholly or partially and with or without modification, a code, standard or other document prepared or published by a prescribed body or person, either as in force at the time the regulations are made or as in force from time to time; and

be of general or limited application; and

make different provision according to the persons, things or circumstances to which they are expressed to apply; and

provide that a specified provision of this Act does not apply, or applies with prescribed variations, to any person, circumstance or situation (or person, circumstance or situation of a prescribed class) specified by the regulations, subject to any condition to which the regulations are expressed to be subject; and

provide that any matter or thing is to be determined, dispensed with, regulated or prohibited according to the discretion of the Minister, the

Board or another prescribed authority.

The Minister may prescribe fees for the purposes of this Act by fee notice under the Legislation (Fees) Act

2019.

A fee notice may—

include fees for services provided by the Board in the exercise of its functions under this Act; and

exempt any person or class of persons from the obligation to pay a prescribed fee.

If a code, standard or other document is referred to or incorporated in the regulations—

a copy of the code, standard or other document must be kept available for public inspection, without charge and during normal office hours, at an office or offices specified in the regulations; and

evidence of the contents of the code, standard or other document may be given in any legal proceedings by production of a document apparently certified by the Minister to be a true copy of the code, standard or other document.