Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003

125 Arrangements with Ministers etc: CSCI U.K.

(1) Arrangements may be made between the CSCI and a Minister of the Crown—

(a) for the CSCI to advise the Minister with respect to the provision of any services for which the Minister has responsibility which are similar to English local authority social services; or

(b) for the CSCI to review, and conduct inspections in relation to, the provision of any such services.

(2) Arrangements may be made between the CSCI and a Northern Ireland Minister for the CSCI to advise and assist the Northern Ireland Minister with respect to the provision of any services for which the Minister has responsibility which are similar to English local authority social services.

(3) Arrangements under this section may be made on such terms and conditions as may be agreed between the parties to the arrangements.

(4) Those terms and conditions may include provision with respect to the making of payments to the CSCI in respect of the cost to it of performing or providing any functions, services or facilities under the arrangements.

(5) In this section “Northern Ireland Minister” has the same meaning as in section 124.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 125 in force at 1.4.2004 for E. by S.I. 2004/759, art. 4(2)(a)