Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022

60.—(1) Section 2 is amended as follows.

(2) The existing text of section 2 becomes subsection (1) of that section.

(3) In subsection (1)—

(a) for “the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland” substitute “an authorised HSC trust”;

(b) after “any person” insert “who resides in its operational area and”;

(c) for “that Department” (in the first place) substitute “the trust”;

(d) omit “section 2(1)(b) of the Health and Social Services (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 and” (in the first place);

(e) in paragraph (d)—

(i) omit “by that Department”;

(ii) for “and” (in the third place) substitute “or”;

(iii) for “that Department” (in the second place) substitute “the trust”;

(f) in paragraph (f) and the text following paragraph (h), for “that Department” substitute “the trust”.

(4) After subsection (1) insert—

“(2) In this section “authorised HSC trust” has the same meaning as in section 1.”.