Section 34: Interpretation.

"Council" means the Council established as the governing body of the Institute under section 6 of this Act;
"enrolled" in relation to a fellow, a member, an associate member means registered in the part of the register to fellow, member, associate member as the case may be;
"fees" includes annual subscriptions and other levies;
"Institute" means the Chartered Institute of Social Work Practitioners established under section 1 of this Act;
"Member" means enrolled Fellow, Full Member, Member, Associate Member, Honorary Fellow or a Corporate Member, as the case may be, and "membership of the Institute" shall be construed accordingly;
"Minister" means the Minister responsible for education;
"Panel" means the Institute of Social Work Practitioners Investigating Panel established under section 22 (1) of this Act;
"President" and "Vice-President" means respectively the office holder under those names in the Institute;
"register" means the register prepared and maintained under Part IV of this Act;
"Registrar" means the Registrar of the Institute appointed under section 11 of this Act;
"social work" means an applied or behavioral profession that simply promotes human rights, social justice, peace and conflict resolutions, engendering social change, problem solving and sustainable development in human relationships focusing on empowerment and liberation of people and enhancing the well-being of individuals, family, groups and communities, and utilising theories of human behavior and social systems;
"social worker" means a person who is deemed to be a professional social worker, if registered and trained specifically in social work disciplines to-
(a) build partnerships among other professionals working within the field of psychosocial intervention, caregivers and families;
(b) collaborate with the community, usually with the goal of creating supportive environments for clients or service users;
(c) advocate for adequate service, treatment models and resources;
(d) change social policy to address issues of poverty, employment, housing and social justice; and
(e) supporting the development of preventive programs for the less privilege; and
"Tribunal" means the Institute of Social Work Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal established under section 23 of this Act.