The Health Services (Proposals for Pilot Schemes) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Requests to boards for preparation of proposals

2.—(1) A request shall deal with such matters and include such information as the board to which it is made may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling it to comply with any directions given by the Department under Article 6(4) and (6)(a) of the Order (directions as to proposals and recommendations).

(2) A board shall, if asked to do so by any person who is entitled to make a request,—

(a) provide that person with a copy of any directions given by the Department as mentioned in paragraph (1); and

(b) specify the matters with which the request must deal and the information which it must include.

(3) Paragraphs (4) and (5) apply in relation to a board only where the Department has, in directions, specified a date by which any proposals by that board are to be submitted to it under Article 6(1) of the Order (submission of proposals for pilot schemes).

(4) The board shall, if asked to do so by any person who is entitled to make a request, inform that person of the date specified as mentioned in paragraph (3).

(5) A request shall—

(a) contain a statement that the date specified as mentioned in paragraph (3) is the one by which the board is requested to submit the proposals in question to the Department;

(b) be received by the board, at least 2 months before that date; and

(c) specify the period of time which the person making the request would require after receiving notification of approval of the proposals by the Department(1) in order to prepare for the proposals to be implemented by the board.

(1)

See Article 7 of S.I. 1997/1177 (N.I. 7)