Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972

Provisions relating to trainingN.I.

44.—(1) The Ministry may, either directly or by entering into arrangements with others,—

(a)provide training for persons with a view to, or in the course of, their employment or use of their services in the health or [F1social care] in Northern Ireland, in a related service in Great Britain, or by a voluntary organisation approved by the Ministry;

(b)allow training provided under this paragraph to be given to persons other than persons described in sub-paragraph ( a), and may, under this paragraph, provide such training to an extent greater than that necessitated by the requirements of persons so described if it is thought expedient to do so in order to allow such other persons to receive such training;

(c)provide material and premises necessary for, or in connection with, the provision of any training referred to in sub-paragraph ( a) or ( b);

(d)provide training under this paragraph on such terms as the Ministry thinks fit.

(2) The Ministry may, subject to such conditions as it may determine,—

(a)make grants towards any fees or expenses incurred by, or

(b)defray or contribute towards the cost of maintenance of,

persons undergoing training for any of the purposes of this Order.

(3) The Ministry may, subject to such conditions as it may determine, pay the fees of, or make grants to, any body or persons providing training under paragraph (1).