Section Sch1-57 — Social Security Act 2018: References to Child Welfare Officers to be read as references to social workers

57 References to Child Welfare Officers to be read as references to social workers (1) Every reference in any enactment, regulation, rule, order, agreement, deed, instrument, application, notice, licence, or other document in force on 1 April 1972 to a Child Welfare Officer must after 31 March 1972 be read as a reference to a social worker. (2) Subclause (1) applies— (a) subject to the amendments made by sections 15 to 29 of the Department of Social Welfare Act 1971; and (b) unless the context otherwise requires. (3) This clause does not limit the operation of section 30(a) to (c) of the Department of Social Welfare Act 1971 (which related to references to the Minister of Social Security, to the Social Security Department or to the Child Welfare Division of the Department of Education, or to the Superintendent or Deputy Superintendent of Child Welfare) at any time or times— (a) on or after 1 April 1972; and (b) before their repeal, on 1 October 1999, by section 14(a) of the Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999. Compare: 1971 No 60 s 30(d)