SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Local Commissioning Groups

Statutory provisions to continue to operate in relation to Groups as continued

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1

The following provisions continue to apply to or in relation to Local Commissioning Groups and their members—

a

section 9(2), (3)(a), (4), (5) and (6)(a) and (c) of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (“the 2009 Act”);

b

paragraphs 8 to 11(1) of Schedule 1 to the 2009 Act, so far as those paragraphs apply to, or relate to, committees of the Regional Board and their members;

c

regulations 1, 2(2) and 3 of, and the Schedule to, the Local Commissioning Groups (Number, Area and Functions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/99);

d

the Local Commissioning Groups (Membership) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/395) (the “Membership Regulations”), except regulation 3(1) to (3) (appointments);

but this is subject to the modifications made by sub-paragraph (2).

2

The provisions applied by sub-paragraph (1) are modified as follows—

a

the power conferred by paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the 2009 Act is conferred on the Department, and in that paragraph the words “Without prejudice to section 19(1)(a)(v) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33)” are omitted;

b

in the Membership Regulations—

i

references (however expressed) to employment by the Regional Board are to be read as references to employment by the Department or the Regional Business Services Organisation;

ii

other references to the Regional Board are to be read as references to the Department.