The Homefirst Community Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996

Assistance by a relevant body before operational date

8.—(1) The Northern Health and Social Services Board shall—

(a) until the operational date make such staff and facilities available to the trust as are required to enable the trust to carry out its limited functions pending the transfer or appointment of staff to or by the trust and the transfer of facilities to the trust;

(b) make available such premises as are required to enable the trust to carry out its limited functions pending the transfer of those premises to the trust.

(2) The Northern Health and Social Services Board shall discharge the liabilities of the trust, incurred between the establishment date and the operational date, that are of a description specified in paragraph (3).

(3) The liabilities referred to in paragraph (2) are—

(a) liability for the remuneration and travelling or other allowances of the chairman and non-executive directors of the trust;

(b) liability for the travelling or other allowances of the members of committees and sub-committees of the trust who are not also directors of the trust;

(c) liability for the remuneration of persons employed by the trust; and

(d) liability for the remuneration of persons employed by the trust for the purpose of enabling it to begin to operate satisfactorily with effect from the operational date.

(4) The relevant body specified for the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(f) of Schedule 3 to the Order (relevant body which is to make the scheme under Article 11 of the Order for the transfer of staff) in relation to the trust shall be the Northern Health and Social Services Board.