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PART IIIN.I.HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES BOARDS, ETC.

Establishment of Health and Social Services BoardsN.I.

16.  F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Functions of Health and Social Services BoardsN.I.

17.F2(1) The Health and Social Services Boards shall—

(a)F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)make arrangements, on behalf of the Ministry, for the provision of services under Part VI;

F4[(d)provide such facilities and accommodation for persons training with a view to qualification for registration as nurses and midwives as the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Northern Ireland may require in discharging functions under section 6(1)(a) of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 [1979 c.36] ;]

and shall do so in accordance with regulations and directions.

Para. (1A) rep. by 1994 NI 2

[F5(1ZA) A Health and Social Services Board shall, in accordance with regulations and directions, perform such functions in relation to Article 15B arrangements as may be prescribed.

(1ZB) Regulations under paragraph (1ZA) may, in particular—

(a)prescribe functions in relation to training;

(b)provide for appeals to the Department or a prescribed body in relation to functions prescribed by the regulations.]

(2) F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SchemesN.I.

18.—(1) A [F7body to which this Article applies] shall, within such period as the Ministry may specify, submit to the Ministry a scheme for the exercise of its functions.

(2) A scheme under paragraph (1) shall be made in accordance with regulations and directions.

(3) The Ministry may, by order, approve a scheme submitted to it under paragraph (1), with or without modifications, and the [F8body] shall give effect to any scheme so approved.

(4) A [F9body to which this Article applies] may at any time, and if directed by the Ministry shall within such period as the Ministry may specify, submit a new scheme under this Article and paragraph (3) shall apply to any such new scheme.

(5) If a [F10body to which this Article applies] fails to submit any scheme which it is required under this Article to submit within a period specified by the Ministry, the Ministry may make a scheme which shall have effect as if it had been submitted and approved under this Article.

[F11(6) This Article applies to—

(a)the Regional Board;

(b)a Local Commissioning Group;

(c)the Regional Agency.]

Joint committeesN.I.

19.  F12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Art. 20 rep. by 1991 NI 1

University Liaison CommitteesN.I.

21.[F13(1) The Department may by order establish University Liaison Committees for the purpose of—

(a)advising the Regional Board and the Regional Agency on the administration of health care in relation to the provision of facilities for undergraduate or post-graduate clinical teaching or for research, and

(b)advising the Regional Board, the Regional Agency and the university or universities concerned on any matter of common interest to them.]

(2) An order under paragraph (1) may—

(a)constitute such a University Liaison Committee;

(b)provide for the exercise by that Committee of such functions as may be specified in the order;

(c)apply to that Committee any provision of this Order [F14or the 2009 Act], subject to the modifications (if any) specified in the order;

(d)provide for the winding-up and dissolution of that Committee;

(e)make such other provision in connection with that Committee as the Ministry thinks fit.