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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2012 No. 338 (C. 32)

Health And Social Care

The Safeguarding Board (2011 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012

Made

14th September 2012

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(2) of the Safeguarding Board Act (Northern Ireland) 2011(1), makes the following Order.

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Safeguarding Board (2011 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012.

Appointed day

2.—(1) Insofar as not already in operation, the day appointed for the coming into operation of all provisions of the Safeguarding Board Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 other than those listed in paragraph (2) is 14th September 2012.

(2) Those provisions are sections 3(5) and 7(1)(b).

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 14th September 2012

Legal seal

Sean Holland

A senior officer of the

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This order brings into operation on 14th September 2012, all provisions of the Safeguarding Board Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c.7), except those provisions concerning the function and committee relating to the deaths of children (sections 3(5) and 7(1)(b)).