Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022

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

228.  The Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 is amended as follows.

229.  In section 1(5), omit paragraph (a).

230.  In section 2(3)(h), omit “the Regional Board,”.

231.  In section 6(1), omit paragraph (a).

232.  Omit sections 7 and 8 and the italic heading before section 7.

233.  In section 9, omit subsections (1), (3)(b), (6)(b) and (7).

234.  Omit sections 10 and 11.

235.  In section 13(6)(b)—

(a)omit “, the Regional Board and Local Commissioning Groups”;

(b)for “they” substitute “it”;

(c)for “their” substitute “its”.

236.  In section 17(8), omit paragraph (b).

237.—(1) Section 24 is amended as follows.

(2) Omit subsection (2).

(3) In subsection (3)—

(a)for “Subsections (1) and (2)” substitute “Subsection (1)”;

(b)for “apply” substitute “applies”;

(c)for “are” substitute “is”.

(4) In subsection (4), for “subsections (1) and (2) are” substitute “subsection (1) is”.

238.  In section 27(2), omit paragraph (b).

239.  In section 29(3), omit “or the Regional Board”.

240.  In section 31, omit the definition of “the Regional Board”.

241.  In Schedule 1 omit—

(a)paragraphs 1 to 7;

(b)paragraphs 8 to 11(1), except so far as those paragraphs apply to, or relate to, the Local Commissioning Groups and their members;

(c)paragraph 11(2);

(d)paragraphs 12 to 21.

242.  In Schedule 6 omit—

(a)paragraph 3(49) and (50)(b);

(b)paragraph 13(1) and (8)(b);

(c)paragraph 18(1)(b).