Legislation – Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
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SCHEDULE 1Transfer of the Regional Board’s functions
Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1989
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The Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 is amended as follows.
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In section 4, for “the Board” substitute “the authority”
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In section 5(9), in the definition of “the appropriate officer”, for the words from “means” to the end of the definition substitute “means such officer as may be appointed for the purposes of this section by the HSC trust in whose operational area the child or person is for the time being ordinarily resident.”
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(1)
Section 7 is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsections (1) to (3), for “Board or HSS trust” substitute “HSC trust”
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(3)
In subsection (4)—
(a)
in paragraph (a), for “a Board or HSS trust” substitute “an HSC trust”
;
(b)
in paragraph (b), for “the Board or HSS trust” substitute “the HSC trust”
;
(c)
in the words following paragraph (b), omit “Board or”.
(4)
In subsection (5)—
(a)
in paragraph (a), for “a Board or HSS trust” substitute “an HSC trust”
;
(b)
in paragraph (b), for “the Board or HSS trust” substitute “the HSC trust”
;
(c)
in the words following paragraph (b), omit “Board or” (in both places).
(5)
In subsection (6)—
(a)
for “a Board or HSS trust” substitute “an HSC trust”
;
(b)
for “the Board or HSS trust” substitute “the HSC trust”
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(6)
In subsection (8), for “A Board or HSS trust” substitute “An HSC trust”
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In the heading to section 8, for “Board” substitute “relevant authority”
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In section 11(1)—
(a)
omit the definition of “Board”;
(b)
in the definition of “hospital accommodation”, for “HSS” substitute “HSC”
;
(c)
““HSC trust” means a Health and Social Care trust established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;”;
(d)
““relevant authority” means an HSC trust that is exercising social care and children functions within the meaning of Article 10A of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;”.