Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022

Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

197.  The Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 is amended as follows.

198.  In Article 4(1)(b), omit “Health and Social Services Boards,”.

199.  In Article 21(3), for the words from “the Department” to the end of the paragraph substitute “the following persons of the making of the application—

“(a) the Department;

(b) the HSC trust in whose operational area the establishment or agency in question is located; and

(c) any HSC trust that has entered into arrangements with the establishment or agency under paragraph 13 of Schedule 3 to the the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.”.

200.  In Article 34(1)—

(a) omit “Each Health and Social Services Board and”;

(b) for “them” substitute “that care”.

201.  In Article 35(9), omit “a Health and Social Services Board,”.

202.  In Article 36(1)—

(a) omit “Each Health and Social Services Board and”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (a), omit “Board’s or”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (b), omit “Board or”.

203.  In Article 37(1), omit “Health and Social Services Boards and”.

204.  In Article 39(1)—

(a) for “a Health and Social Services Board,” substitute “an”;

(b) omit “Board,”.

205.  In Article 41—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “a Health and Social Services Board,” substitute “an”;

(b) in the heading, for “Boards and HSC trusts, etc.” substitute “HSC trusts, special agencies and service providers”.

206.  In the heading to Part 5, omit “BOARDS AND”.