The Health and Personal Social Services (2001 Act) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003

Made: 13th February 2003

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety[^f00001], in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 61(2) of the Health and Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001[^f00002] and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and interpretation

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Health and Personal Social Services (2001 Act) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003.

• (2) In this Order:

• “the Act” means the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001.

Appointed days

2

1st April 2003 is the day appointed for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the Act:

• (a) sections 3 (the register), 11 (qualifications obtained outside Northern Ireland), 15 (appeals to the Social Care Tribunal), and 16 (publication, etc. of the register);

• (b) the following provisions insofar as they are not already in operation –

• (i) section 4 (applications for registration);

• (ii) section 5 (grant or refusal of registration);

• (iii) section 6 (removal, etc. from the register);

• (iv) section 7 (rules about registration);

• (v) section 9 (codes of practice);

• (vi) section 10 (approval of courses, etc);

• (vii) section 12 (post registration training);

• (viii) section 13 (visitors for certain social work courses);

• (ix) section 18 (rules).

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 13th February 2003.

Paul Martin — 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 1st April 2003 further provisions of the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (“the Act”).

Article 2 of the Order brings into operation the provisions of Part I of the Act relating to social care workers, as follows:

• (a) sections 3 (the register), 11 (qualifications obtained outside Northern Ireland), 15 (appeals to the Social Care Tribunal) and 16 (publication etc. of the register) on 1st April 2003;

• (b) sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 18 insofar as they are not already in operation on 1st April 2003.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: See S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(6)

[^f00002]: 2001 c. 3 (N.I.)