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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.

F217.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SchemesN.I.

18.—(1) A [F3body 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 [F4body] shall give effect to any scheme so approved.

(4) A [F5body 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 [F6body 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.

[F7(6) This Article applies to—

F8(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F9(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)the Regional Agency.]

Joint committeesN.I.

19.  F10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Art. 20 rep. by 1991 NI 1

University Liaison CommitteesN.I.

21.[F11(1) The Department may by order establish University Liaison Committees for the purpose of—

(a)advising [F12the Department] 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 [F13the Department] , 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.