PART IIIHEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES – GENERAL
Miscellaneous
54Public access to meetings of certain bodies
1
Sections 23 to 27 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (c. 9) (which provide for public access to meetings of a district council and for the publication of information concerning such meetings) shall, with the modifications set out in subsection (2) apply in relation to meetings of—
a
a Health and Social Services Board;
b
the Agency;
c
a special agency;
d
an HSS trust;
e
a Health and Social Services Council; and
f
the Northern Ireland Social Care Council,
as they apply in relation to meetings of a district council.
2
The modifications are—
a
any reference to a district council shall be read as a reference to a body mentioned in subsection (1); and
b
any reference to councillors or members of the council shall be read as a reference to members of such a body.
3
At the end of paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (NI 4) (proceedings of the Mental Health Commission for Northern Ireland) there shall be added—
3
Sections 23 to 27 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (which provide for public access to meetings of a district council and for the publication of information concerning such meetings) shall, with the modifications set out in sub-paragraph (4), apply in relation to meetings of the Commission as they apply in relation to meetings of a district council.
4
The modifications are—
a
any reference to a district council shall be read as a reference to the Commission; and
b
any reference to councillors or members of the council shall be read as a reference to members of the Commission.