The Regulation of Care (Prescribed Registers) (Scotland) Order 2005
Section 52(1)(a) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (2001 asp 8) (“the Act”) provides that any person who, with intent to deceive, while not registered in any relevant register as a social worker, takes or uses the title of social worker, or purports in any other way to be a social worker shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (currently £5,000).