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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Social Workers and Social Service Workers in Care Services (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024 and come into force on 3 June 2024.
(2) In these Regulations “the 2013 Regulations” means the Registration of Social Workers and Social Service Workers in Care Services (Scotland) Regulations 2013.
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(1) The 2013 Regulations are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 4(2) of those Regulations, for “as soon as reasonably practicable” substitute “before the expiry of a period of 3 months”.
(3) In regulation 5(2) of those Regulations, for “as soon as reasonably practicable” substitute “before the expiry of a period of 3 months”.
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The amendments made to regulations 4 and 5 of the 2013 Regulations by these Regulations have no effect in relation to a person who starts work (or, in the case of a social service worker, who starts work as a different description of social service worker) before 3 June 2024.
NATALIE DON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
9th May 2024