Autism reviewer

Autism reviewer
3C
1
The Department must appoint a person as the autism reviewer.
2
The autism reviewer must not be a person employed by the Department or a Northern Ireland department.
3
The autism reviewer is not subject to the direction or control of the Department or the Northern Ireland departments.
4
But this is subject to the requirement under this section for the Department to pay the autism reviewer’s expenses and allowances.
5
The reviewer must issue a report annually on the exercise of their functions, and may issue additional reports.
6
The reviewer must send any report to the Department.
7
On receiving the report, the Department must lay it before the Assembly.
8
The Department must pay the reviewer expenses and allowances which are reasonably necessary in order to allow the reviewer to carry out their functions.
Ss. 3C, 3D and cross-heading inserted (27.7.2022) by Autism (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 13), ss. 5, 7