PART 4 Consequential amendments

10 Amendments to the Residential Care Homes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and the Nursing Homes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
1 The Residential Care Homes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and the Nursing Homes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.
S.R. 2005 No. 161
S.R. 2005 No. 160
2 In Regulation 2(1) in the appropriate place insert the following definitions—

““the register” means the register of social care workers maintained by the Northern Ireland Social Care Council under section 3(1) of the 2001 Act;
“the relevant part” means that part of the register referred to in section 3(2) of the 2001 Act which is most relevant to that person, taking into account their current employment;”

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3 In Regulation 21(5) after sub-paragraph (d) insert—

“(e) subject to sub-paragraph (f) he is registered in the relevant part of the register;
(f) sub-paragraph (e) does not apply to a person who, in order to perform the duties for which the person is so employed is required by any statutory provision, other than this statutory provision to be registered with any person or body other than the Northern Ireland Social Care Council and is so registered.”

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