EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are made in exercise of powers conferred by the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14)), the Health and Medicines (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/2249 (N.I. 24)) and the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1)), as amended in each case by Schedule 1 to the Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (2022 c. 3 (N.I.). They provide for the establishment of the Family Practitioner Services Independent Appeal Panel and make provision about the membership of the body, including as to the payment of fees and allowances. They also make consequential amendments to the Health and Personal Social Services General Dental Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (S.R. 1993 No. 326), the Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004 No. 140), the Health and Personal Social Services (Primary Medical Services Performers Lists) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R 2004 No. 149), the General Ophthalmic Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007 No. 436) and the Health and Social Care (Disciplinary Procedures) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No. 104).
[An impact assessment has not been produced for this Statutory Rule as no, or no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.]