Social Service Professions Act, 1978 (Act No. 110 of 1978)Chapter II : Registration of Social Workers, Student Social Workers, Social Auxiliary Workers and Persons Practising other Professions in respect of which Professional Boards have been established19. Keeping of registers |
| (1) | The registrar shall keep separate registers in respect of social workers, student social workers, social auxiliary worker and persons practising other professions in respect of which professional boards have been established registered in terms of this Act and shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, record in the appropriate register the prescribed particulars in the prescribed manner in respect of every such social worker, student social worker, social auxiliary worker and person. |
[Section 19(1) substituted by section 16 of Act No. 102 of 1998]
| (2) | Such registers shall be kept in the council’s office and any document purporting to be an extract therefrom, signed by the registrar, shall on production thereof be admissible as evidence and shall be prima facie proof, in any proceedings, of the facts therein recorded. |
| (3) | A certificate purporting to be signed by the registrar and in which it is certified that the name of a person mentioned therein does not appear in the said register, shall be prima facie proof of the fact that such person is not registered according to the provisions of this Act. |