Section Sch10-31 — Social Security Act 2018: References to Child Welfare Officer to be read as references to social workers, etc

31 References to Child Welfare Officer to be read as references to social workers, etc (1) Every reference in this Act and its amendments, as in force on or after 1 April 1972, to a Child Welfare Officer must be read as a reference to a social worker. (2) Subsection (1) applies— (a) subject to the amendments made by section 23(1) to (3) of the Department of Social Welfare Act 1971; and (b) unless the context otherwise requires. (3) This section does not affect the operation of section 23(4)(a) of the Department of Social Welfare Act 1971 (which required references to the Superintendent of Child Welfare to be read as references to the Director-General of Social Welfare under that Act) at any time or times— (a) on or after 1 April 1972; and (b) before its repeal, on 1 April 1990, by section 36(6) of the Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Act 1990. Compare: 1971 No 60 s 23(4)(b)