1. Introductory Text

2. PART I INTRODUCTORY

   1. 1. Title and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

3. PART II NORTHERN IRELAND HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES REGULATION AND IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY

   1. 3. The Regulation and Improvement Authority

   2. 4. General duties in relation to provision of services

   3. 5. Advice and information about services

   4. 6. Regulations and directions

   5. 7. Annual report

4. PART III REGULATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND AGENCIES

   1. Preliminary

      1. 8. Regulated establishments and agencies: general interpretation

      2. 9. Children's homes

      3. 10. Residential care homes

      4. 11. Nursing homes

   2. Registration

      1. 12. Requirement to register

      2. 13. Applications for registration

      3. 14. Grant or refusal of registration

      4. 15. Cancellation of registration

      5. 16. Applications by registered persons

      6. 17. Regulations about registration

   3. Registration procedure

      1. 18. Notice of proposals

      2. 19. Right to make representations

      3. 20. Notice of decisions

      4. 21. Urgent procedure for cancellation etc.

      5. 22. Appeals to the Care Tribunal

   4. Regulations

      1. 23. Regulations relating to establishments and agencies

   5. Offences

      1. 24. Failure to comply with conditions

      2. 25. Contravention of regulations

      3. 26. False descriptions of establishments and agencies

      4. 27. False statements in applications

      5. 28. Failure to display certificate of registration

      6. 29. Proceedings for offences

   6. Supplementary

      1. 30. Annual returns

      2. 31. Liquidators etc.

      3. 32. Death of registered person

      4. 33. Provision of copies of register

5. PART IV QUALITY OF HEALTH AND social care

   1. 34. Duty of quality

   2. 35. Role of the Regulation and Improvement Authority

6. PART V BOARDS AND HSC TRUSTS– ADOPTION, FOSTERING AND CHILDREN UNDER 12

   1. 36. Provision of information

   2. 37. Annual returns

7. PART VI MISCELLANEOUS

   1. 38. Statements of minimum standards

   2. 39. Improvement notices

   3. 40. Power to require information from establishments and agencies and power of entry and inspection

   4. 41. Power to require information from inspections relating to Boards and HSC trusts, etc. and powers of entry and inspection

   5. 42. Inspections: provisions supplementary to Articles 40 and 41

   6. 43. Restrictions on disclosure of information under Article 40 or 41

   7. 44. The Care Tribunal

   8. 45. Arrangements for provision of accommodation outside Northern Ireland

   9. 46. Rules regarding courses for persons who are or wish to become social workers

   10. 47. Arrangements for provision of pharmaceutical services by pharmacists

   11. 48. Regulations, orders and directions

   12. 49. Transitional provisions and savings

   13. Article 50—Amendments and repeals

8. SCHEDULES

   1. SCHEDULE 1

      THE NORTHERN IRELAND HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES REGULATION AND IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY

      1. Status

         1. 1. The Regulation and Improvement Authority shall not be regarded as the servant or agent of...

      2. General powers

         1. 2. (1) Subject to any directions given by the Department, the Regulation and Improvement Authority may...

      3. General duty

         1. 3. The Regulation and Improvement Authority shall carry out its functions effectively, efficiently and economically.

      4. Membership

         1. 4. The Regulation and Improvement Authority shall consist of a chairman and other members appointed by...

      5. Appointment, procedure etc.

         1. 5. The Department may by regulations make provision as to— (a) the appointment of the chairman...

      6. Remuneration and allowances

         1. 6. (1) The Regulation and Improvement Authority may pay to its chairman, to any other member...

      7. Chief executive

         1. 7. (1) There shall be a chief executive of the Regulation and Improvement Authority who shall...

      8. Staff

         1. 8. (1) The Regulation and Improvement Authority may appoint such other staff as it considers appropriate....

      9. Delegation of functions

         1. 9. The Regulation and Improvement Authority may arrange for the discharge of any of its functions...

      10. Arrangements for the use of staff

          1. 10. The Department may by regulations provide for arrangements under which— (a) members of staff of...

      11. Payments to the Regulation and Improvement Authority

          1. 11. The Department may make payments to the Regulation and Improvement Authority of such amounts, at...

      12. Accounts

          1. 12. (1) The Regulation and Improvement Authority shall— (a) keep proper accounts and proper records in...

      13. Application of seal and evidence

          1. 13. The application of the seal of the Regulation and Improvement Authority shall be authenticated by...

          2. 14. A document purporting to be duly executed under the seal of the Regulation and Improvement...

      14. Default powers of Department

          1. 15. (1) The powers conferred by this paragraph are exercisable by the Department if it is...

      15. Transfer of staff to the Regulation and Improvement Authority

          1. 16. (1) The Department may by order make a scheme for the transfer to the Regulation...

      16. Transfer of assets and liabilities to the Regulation and Improvement Authority

          1. 17. (1) The Department may by order transfer or provide for the transfer to the Regulation...

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      THE CARE TRIBUNAL

      1. Constitution of Care Tribunal

         1. 1. (1) There shall be appointed— (a) a panel of persons ( “the chairmen's panel”) who...

      2. Appointment of the panels

         1. 2. (1) The members of the chairmen's panel shall be appointed by the Northern Ireland Judicial...

      3. Tenure of office

         1. 3. (1) Each member of the chairmen's panel or lay panel shall hold and vacate office...

      4. Staff and accommodation

         1. 4. The Department may, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel, provide such...

      5. Remuneration and expenses

         1. 5. (1) The Department may pay any person, in respect of his service as a member...

      6. Attendance allowances

         1. 6. The Department may pay such allowances for the purpose of or in connection with the...

      7. ...................

         1. 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS

      1. Fostering agencies

         1. 1. The Department may by regulations provide that, if prescribed requirements are satisfied, Article 12 shall...

      2. Voluntary adoption agencies

         1. 2. (1) Where a body is, before the commencement of Article 14, registered under Article 4...

      3. Saving for amendments

         1. 3. The amendments made by paragraphs 2, 3(3) and (4) and 5 of Schedule 1 to...

   4. Schedule 4—Amendments

   5. Schedule 5—Repeals