The Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

PART V BOARDS AND HSS TRUSTS – ADOPTION, FOSTERING AND CHILDREN UNDER 12

Provision of information

36.—(1) Each Health and Social Services Board and each HSS trust shall give the Regulation and Improvement Authority—

(a) prescribed information about prescribed matters relating to the Board’s or trust’s Part V functions; and

(b) any other information which the Regulation and Improvement Authority reasonably requires the Board or trust to give it relating to those functions.

(2) In this Article and Article 37 “Part V functions” means—

(a) functions as an adoption agency within the meaning of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (NI 22);

(b) functions relating to children placed with authority foster parents under Article 27(2)(a) of the Children Order;

(c) functions under Part XI of the Children Order (child minding and day care for young children).

Annual returns

37.—(1) Regulations may require Health and Social Services Boards and HSS trusts to make an annual return to the Regulation and Improvement Authority about their Part V functions.

(2) Provision may be made by the regulations as to the contents of the return and the period in respect of which and date by which it is to be made.