| a) | a social worker in private practice- |
| i) | who has a speciality in adoption services and is registered in terms of the Social Service Professions Act, 1978 (Act No. 110 of 1978); and |
| ii) | who is accredited in terms of section 251 to provide adoption services; or |
| b) | a social worker in the employ of a child protection organisation which is accredited in terms of section 251 to provide adoption services; |