Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Social Care Tribunals Rules (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2003.
(2) In these Rules –
“the Council” means the Northern Ireland Social Care Council established under section 1 of the 2001 Act;
“the 1992 Order” means the Registered Homes (Northern Ireland) Order 1992;
“the 2001 Act” means the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001(1);
“registration authority” means the Board as defined in Article 2(2) of the 1992 Order or the Council;
“tribunal” means a Social Care Tribunal constituted under Part V of the Order(2).
(2)
See section 15(1) of the 2001 Act