Legislation – Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022
SCHEDULE 1Transfer of the Regional Board’s functions
Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1978
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(1)
Section 2 is amended as follows.
(2)
The existing text of section 2 becomes subsection (1) of that section.
(3)
In subsection (1)—
(a)
for “the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland” substitute “an authorised HSC trust”
;
(b)
after “any person” insert “who resides in its operational area and”
;
(c)
for “that Department” (in the first place) substitute “the trust”
;
(d)
omit “section 2(1)(b) of the Health and Social Services (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 and” (in the first place);
(e)
in paragraph (d)—
(i)
omit “by that Department”;
(ii)
for “and” (in the third place) substitute “or”
;
(iii)
for “that Department” (in the second place) substitute “the trust”
;
(f)
in paragraph (f) and the text following paragraph (h), for “that Department” substitute “the trust”
.
(4)
“(2)
In this section “authorised HSC trust” has the same meaning as in section 1.”.