The Health and Social Care Trusts (Establishment) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022

Made: 11th March 2022

Coming into operation: 1st April 2022

In accordance with Article 10(2) of that Order the Department has consulted with the Patient and Client Council and such other persons and bodies as it considered appropriate.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Health and Social Care Trusts (Establishment) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2022.

• (2) In this Order—

• ”relevant establishment orders” means— the Belfast Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland 2006[^f00002]; the Northern Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland 2006[^f00003]; the South Eastern Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland 2006[^f00004]; the Southern Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland 2006[^f00005]; the Western Health and Social Services Trust (Establishment) Order (Northern Ireland 2006[^f00006];

Amendment of the relevant establishment orders

2

• (1) Each of the relevant establishment orders shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

• (2) In paragraph (2) of Article 1 (Citation, commencement and interpretation)—

• (a) omit the definition of “relevant functions”; and

• (b) at the appropriate place in alphabetical order insert the following definition—

• “social care and children functions” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 10A of the Order”.

• (3) For paragraph (2)(b) of Article 3 (Nature and functions of the trust), substitute—

(b) to exercise social care and children’s functions [within the meaning of Article 10A of the Order].

• (4) For the Schedule (Operational area), substitute—

SCHEDULE

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health on 11th March 2022.

Martina Moore — A senior officer of the Department of Health

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends orders made under Article 10(1) of, and paragraphs 3 (1) (b) and 3A of Schedule 3 to the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 establishing Health and Social Care Trusts.

Article 2 of the order removes the definition of “relevant functions” from the relevant establishment orders and updates the functions of the Trusts and the Department of Health’s power, by direction, to provide for specified functions to be undertaken by trust on behalf of the Department.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1991/194 (N.I.1). Article 10 and Schedule 3 were amended by S.I. 1994/429 (N.I. 2), 2001 c. 3 (N.I.) and 2022 c. 3 (N.I.).

[^f00002]: S.R. 2006 No. 292 as amended by S.R. 2007 No. 269 & S.R. 2008 No. 426

[^f00003]: S.R. 2006 No. 295 as amended by S.R. 2007 No. 269 & S.R. 2008 No. 426

[^f00004]: S.R. 2006 No. 293 as amended by S.R. 2007 No. 269 & S.R. 2008 No. 426

[^f00005]: S.R. 2006 No. 294 as amended by S.R. 2007 No. 269 & S.R. 2008 No. 426

[^f00006]: S.R. 2006 No. 296 as amended by S.R. 2007 No. 269 & S.R. 2008 No. 426

[^f00007]: 1968 c. 34 (N.I.)

[^f00008]: S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14)

[^f00009]: 1978 c. 53

[^f00010]: S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4)

[^f00011]: S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I. 22)

[^f00012]: 1989 c. 10

[^f00013]: S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2)

[^f00014]: S.I. 1996/3160 (N.I. 24)

[^f00015]: 2002 c. 6 (N.I.)

[^f00016]: S.I. 2008/1216 (N.I. 1)

[^f00017]: 2016 c.18