2002 No. 349
The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (Appointments and Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002
Made
Coming into operation
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety1, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by sections 1(4) and 57(3) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to, the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 20012 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Northern Ireland Social Care Council (Appointments and Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 20th December 2002.
2
In these Regulations –
“the principal Regulations” means the Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Council (Appointments and Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20013.
Amendments to regulation 3 of the principal Regulations2
In regulation 3 of the principal Regulations (Terms of Appointment) –
a
in paragraph (2) for “The other members” there shall be substituted “The members”;
b
in paragraph (5) –
i
for “member” there shall be substituted “a member”; and
ii
for “4 years” there shall be substituted “4 years,”.
Amendments to regulation 4 of the principal Regulations3
In regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (Disqualification for appointment) –
a
in paragraph (1) –
i
in sub-paragraph (c) the word “fairly” shall be omitted;
ii
in sub-paragraph (d)(i) for “of that body,” there shall be substituted “of, that body”;
b
after paragraph (6) there shall be inserted the following paragraph: –
6A
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c) “dismissal” excludes dismissal which was established to have been unfair in industrial tribunal proceedings
c
in paragraph (7)(a) after the word “medical” there shall be inserted the word “practitioner”.
Amendment to regulation 5 of the principal Regulations4
In regulation 5(1) of the principal regulations (Resignations) for “member” there shall be substituted “a member”.
Amendment to regulation 6 of the principal Regulations5
In regulation 6(1)(a)(ii) of the principal regulations (Termination of tenure of office of chairman and members) for “meetings for a continuous period of 3 months beginning with the date of a meeting” there shall be substituted “three consecutive meetings of the Council”.
Amendments to regulation 10 of the principal Regulations6
In regulation 10 of the principal Regulations (Disclosure of pecuniary interest and exclusion of chairman and members in proceedings on account of pecuniary interest) –
a
in paragraphs (1) and (2) for “another member” in each of those paragraphs there shall be substituted “member”;
b
in paragraphs (3), (4) and (6) for “another member” in each of those paragraphs there shall be substituted “a member”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 12th November 2002.
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)