Partly refund of renewal fee for renewal application within the “Renewal Window”
[28/11/2017]
If RSWs wish to continue using the title “social workers”, according to Section 20 of the Social Workers Registration Ordinance, it is their duty to apply for renewal of registration to the Registrar in the specified form every year not earlier than 3 months and not later than 28 days prior to the expiry of the current registration. The aforesaid statutory period is named “Renewal Window” for sake of simplicity.
For the purpose to save the administrative cost, the Board will introduce an incentive scheme to encourage RSWs to apply for renewal within the “Renewal Window”. RSWs who have submitted their renewal application successfully within the “Renewal Window”, the Board will refund HK$20 by cheque to RSWs together with the new registration card. This incentive scheme is applicable to renewal applications with registration to expire on 31 January 2018 and afterwards. The refund cheque will be sent to the eligible RSWs on 1 January 2018 and thereafter.