Section 21: Penalties for professional misconduct.

(1) Where -
(a) a member is adjudged by the Disciplinary Committee to be guilty of professional misconduct in any professional respect,
(b) a member is convicted by any court of law having power to award imprisonment for an offence (whether or not punishable with imprisonment) which in the opinion of the Disciplinary Committee, is incompatible with the conduct required of a certified social worker, or
(c) the Disciplinary Committee is satisfied that the name of any person has been fraudulently registered,
the Disciplinary Committee shall order the Registrar to strike his name off the relevant part of the register.
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), a person shall not be treated as guilty unless the guilt stands at a time when no appeal or further appeal is pending or may, (without any extension of time) be brought in connection with the direction.
(3) Where the Disciplinary Committee gives a direction under subsection (1), the Disciplinary Committee shall cause notice of the direction to be served on the person to whom it relates.
(4) The person to whom such a direction relates may, at any time within 28 days from the date of service on him of the notice of direction, appeal against the direction to a competent court.
(5) An order of the Disciplinary Committee under subsection (1) shall take effect where -
(a) no appeal under this section is brought against the direction within the time limit for that appeal or at the expiration of that time;
(b) such an appeal is brought, withdrawn or struck out for want of prosecution or dismissed for lack of merit; and
(c) an appeal is brought, withdrawn or struck out, if the appeal is dismissed, and it shall not take effect in accordance with the provisions of this subsection.
(6) A person whose name is struck off the register, pursuant to an order of the Disciplinary Committee under this section, is not entitled to be enrolled or registered again except in pursuance of an order in that behalf, and under this section for striking off of a person's name from the register.
(7) The Disciplinary Committee may prohibit an application under this section by that person until the expiration of such period from the date of the order (and where he has duly made such an application, from the date of his last application), as may be specified in the order.