Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022

11.—(1) The following provisions cease to have effect on such day as the Department may by regulations appoint—

(a) section 9(2), (3)(a), (4), (5) and (6)(a) and (c) of the 2009 Act;

(b) paragraphs 8 to 11(1) of Schedule 1 to the 2009 Act, so far as those paragraphs apply to, or relate to, the Local Commissioning Groups and their members;

(c) section 3 and this Schedule;

(d) the Local Commissioning Groups (Number, Area and Functions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009;

(e) the Membership Regulations.

(2) Accordingly, on the day appointed under sub-paragraph (1), the Local Commissioning Groups are dissolved.

(3) The Department may not make regulations under sub-paragraph (1) unless the Department makes, or has made, regulations under section 15B(1) of the 2009 Act, as inserted by section 4(1) of this Act (establishment of local area bodies).

(4) Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) are subject to negative resolution.

(5) But sub-paragraph (4) does not apply if a draft of the regulations (whether alone or with other provision) has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Assembly.