Department's role in promoting and providing health and social care
4Department's priorities and objectives
1
The Department shall determine, and may from time to time revise, its priorities and objectives for the provision of health and social care in Northern Ireland.
2
Before determining or revising any priorities or objectives under this section, the Department must consult such bodies or persons as it thinks appropriate.
3
Where the Department is of the opinion that because of the urgency of the matter it is necessary to act under subsection (1) without consultation—
a
subsection (2) does not apply; but
b
the Department must as soon as reasonably practicable give notice to such bodies as it thinks appropriate of the grounds on which the Department formed that opinion.