18 (2) Where the Council has acted in terms of subsection (1), the Registrar shall restore to the Register the name of the person concerned and shall enter in the Register any conditions imposed by the Council in terms of that subsection. 38 Limitation of actions against Council, its members and staff (1) No action shall lie against the Council or any member of the Council or any committee of the Council, or any officer or employee of the Council in respect of anything done in good faith and without negligence in accordance with this Act. (2) Without derogation from the generality of subsection (1), the Council shall not be liable for any loss of earnings occasioned to a person as a result of the bona fide imposition of a penalty upon him in accordance with Part V. 39 Offences by or in respect of unregistered persons Subject to section forty, any person who is not registered as a social worker and who⎯ (a) pretends to be a registered social worker; or (b) by any means whatsoever describes himself as or holds himself out to be a registered social worker; or (c) in any manner whatsoever uses any name, title, description, badge or symbol which indicates or is calculated to lead a person to assume that he is a registered social worker; shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or to both such fine and such imprisonment. 40 Special provisions relating to companies and partnerships A company or partnership may practise or describe itself as or allow itself to be held out as a registered social worker if— (a) the activities of the company or partnership, in so far as they relate to social work, are under the direct control and management of a principal who— (i) is a registered social worker; and (ii) does not act at the same time in a similar capacity for any other company or partnership or on his own behalf; and (b) in every premises where the company or partnership carries on activities relating to social work, the activities are either⎯ (i) personally carried on by the principal referred to in paragraph (a); or (ii) carried on, under the direction of the principal referred to in paragraph (a), by an assistant who is a registered social worker. 41 Notice of registration, cancellation or suspension (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Council shall cause notice to be given in the Gazette and may give notice to all registered social workers of— (a) the registration of any social worker; and (b) the cancellation or suspension of any person’s registration.

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