Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009

Transfer of functions of Central Services AgencyN.I.

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26—(1) The functions exercisable immediately before the date on which section 1(1)(c) comes into operation by the Central Services Agency under any statutory provision or by virtue of any direction of the Department shall be exercisable as from that date by RBSO.

(2) Subsection (1)—

(a)applies only to provisions or directions which have continuing effect; and

(b)is subject to any order under subsection (3).

(3) The Department may by order provide that subsection (1) is not to apply to any specified function.

(4) An order under subsection (3) may—

(a)provide for a specified function to be exercised by the Department or by a health and social care body; or

(b)provide that a specified function is to cease to be exercised.

(5) Where an order under subsection (3) provides for a specified function to be exercised by a health and social care body, the order may provide for that body to exercise that function on the Department's behalf.

(6) In this section “specified function” means any function of the Central Services Agency specified in an order made under subsection (3).

Commencement Information

I1S. 26 wholly in operation at 1.4.2009; s. 26(3) - (6) in operation at Royal Assent see s. 34(1)(c); s. 26 in operation at 1.4.2009 insofar as not already in operation by S.R. 2009/114, art. 2