Part 2: Social workers etc in England Section 40: Restrictions on Practice and Protected Titles
This section allows the Secretary of State to make regulations imposing prohibitions or restrictions in connection with the carrying out of social work in England; the use, in relation to social work in England, of titles or descriptions specified in the regulations; and the holding out of a person as being qualified to carry out social work in England. The provisions could enable the carrying out of social work functions to be restricted to qualified social workers.