EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland (Membership, Procedure, Functions and Committee) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 3 to include additional prescribed representatives as members of the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland. Regulation 2 also amends the quorum arrangements in Schedule 1 in relation to the Safeguarding Board, in Schedule 3 in relation to Safeguarding Panels and in Schedule 5 in relation to the Case Management Review Panel to include an additional quorum arrangement which will apply, in exceptional circumstances, where more than one third of members declare an interest in proceedings.