The Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 No. 194 (NI. 1)

Health and [F1 social care] bodies N.I.

F1 Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(a) (with Sch. 6 para. 1(2)(3)); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

Constitution of Health and Social Services Boards N.I.

3.  F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2 Art. 3 repealed (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 33, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 13(3), Sch. 7; S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

Health and Social Services Councils N.I.

4.  F3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3 Art. 4 repealed (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 33, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 13(3), Sch. 7; S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

Art. 5 rep. by 2001 c. 3 (NI)

Abolition of Northern Ireland Health and Social Services Training Council N.I.

6.  F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4 Art. 6 repealed (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 33, 34(3), Sch. 7; S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

Removal of Crown immunities N.I.

7.—(1) F5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) In Schedule 2—

(a) Part I has effect to continue certain exemptions for [F6 health and social care body to which this Article applies] and property held, used or occupied by such bodies; F7 . . .

(b) F7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) Where, as a result of the provisions of paragraph (1), by virtue of his employment during any period after the day appointed for the coming into operation of that paragraph—

(a) an employee has contractual rights against a [F8 health and social care body to which this Article applies] to benefits in the event of his redundancy, and

(b) he also has statutory rights against the [F8 health and social care body to which this Article applies] under[F9 Part XII of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996] (redundancy payments),

any benefits provided to him by virtue of the contractual rights referred to in sub-paragraph (a) shall be taken as satisfying his entitlement to benefits under the said[F9 Part].

(4) Nothing in paragraph (1) affects the extent of the expression “the services of the Crown” where it appears in—

(a) Schedule 1 to the Registered Designs Act 1949F10 (provisions as to the use of registered designs for the services of the Crown etc.); and

(b) sections 55 to 59 of the Patents Act 1977F11 (use of patented inventions for services of the Crown);

and, accordingly, services provided in pursuance of any power or duty of the Department under Part II or V of the principal Order [F12 or the 2009 Act] shall continue to be regarded as included in that expression, whether the services are in fact provided by a [F13 health and social care body to which this Article applies], an [F14 HSC trust] or any other person.

(5) The Department may by order made subject to affirmative resolution provide that, in relation to any provision contained in a local Act and specified in the order, the operation of paragraph (1) shall be excluded or modified to the extent specified in the order.

[F15 (6) This Article applies to the following health and social care bodies—

F16 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) the Regional Agency;

(c) RBSO;

(d) a special agency.]

F5 Art. 7(1) repealed (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 33, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 13(4)(a), Sch. 7; S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

F6 Words in art. 7(2) substituted (1.4.2009) by virtue of Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 13(4)(b); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

F7 Art. 7(2)(b) and preceding word repealed (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 33, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 13(4)(c), Sch. 7; S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

F8 Words in art. 7(3) substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 13(4)(b); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

F9 1996 NI 16

F10 1949 c. 88

F11 1977 c. 37

F12 Words in art. 7(4) inserted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 13(4)(d); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

F13 Words in art. 7(4) substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 13(4)(b); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

F14 Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(d) (with Sch. 6 para. 1(3)); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

F15 Art. 7(6) substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 13(4)(e); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

F16 Art. 7(6)(a) omitted (1.4.2022) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 138; S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)