Part 2: Social workers etc in England Section 48: Approval of courses for approved mental health professionals
This section allows the Secretary of State, through regulations, to amend section 114ZA of the Mental Health Act 1983, which deals with the approval of courses for approved mental health professionals in England. Section 114ZA currently provides that the Health and Care Professions Council may approve courses for persons who are, or wish to become, approved to act as an Approved Mental Health Professional by a local authority in England, and requires the Health and Care Professions Council to publish a list of approved courses, and a list of courses that are no longer approved.
	Subsection (1) allows regulations made under this section to amend section 114ZA to transfer the functions of the Health and Care Professions Council set out in that section to Social Work England and to give Social Work England the power to charge fees for approving courses under that section.
	Subsection (2) allows regulations made under sub-section (1) to include further provision in connection with the approval of courses or the charging of fees under that section.
	Subsection (3) provides a list of the matters, by way of example, that regulations, made by the Secretary of State under subsection (1), may address with regards to the approval of courses for approved mental health professionals.
	Subsection (4) enables regulations to make provision for payments, staff, facilities or other assistance in respect of inspectors that may be appointed under regulations for the purposes of approval of courses.
	Subsection (5) provides that if regulations made under this section give Social Work England the power to charge fees for the approval of courses, section 50(2) – (7) (Fees) is also to apply for the purposes of this section.