Health and Social Care Act 2008

74 Arrangements with Northern Ireland Ministers

(1) The Commission and a Northern Ireland Minister may make arrangements for the Commission to—

(a) exercise on behalf of the Minister any function of the Minister which corresponds to a function of the Commission and relates to the Northern Ireland health service;

(b) provide services or facilities insofar as they are required by the Minister in connection with the exercise by the Minister of any such functions.

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

(3) Those terms and conditions may include provision with respect to the making of payments to the Commission in respect of the cost to it of giving effect to the arrangements.

(4) Any arrangements under subsection (1)(a) are not to affect the responsibility of the Minister on whose behalf the function is exercised.

(5) In this section—

• “Northern Ireland Minister” includes the First Minister, the deputy First Minister and a Northern Ireland department;

• “Northern Ireland health service” means any of the health services under any enactment which extends to Northern Ireland and which corresponds to section 1(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41).