The Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003PART IINTRODUCTORY1Title and commencement2InterpretationPART II Health and Social Care Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority 3The RQIA 4General duties in relation to provision of services5Advice and information about services6Regulations and directions7Annual reportPART IIIREGULATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND AGENCIESPreliminary8Regulated establishments and agencies: general interpretation9Children's homes10Residential care homes11Nursing homesRegistration12Requirement to register13Applications for registration14Grant or refusal of registration15Cancellation of registration16Applications by registered persons17Regulations about registrationRegistration procedure18Notice of proposals19Right to make representations20Notice of decisions21Urgent procedure for cancellation etc.22Appeals to the Care TribunalRegulations23Regulations relating to establishments and agenciesOffences24Failure to comply with conditions25Contravention of regulations26False descriptions of establishments and agencies27False statements in applications28Failure to display certificate of registration29Proceedings for offencesSupplementary30Annual returns31Liquidators etc.32Death of registered person33Provision of copies of registerPART IVQUALITY OF HEALTH AND social care34Duty of quality35Role of the RQIA PART VBOARDS AND HSC TRUSTS– ADOPTION, FOSTERING AND CHILDREN UNDER 1236Provision of information37Annual returnsPART VIMISCELLANEOUS38Statements of minimum standards39Improvement notices40Power to require information from establishments and agencies and power of entry and inspection41Power to require information from inspections relating to HSC trusts, special agencies and service providers and powers of entry and inspection42Inspections: provisions supplementary to Articles 40 and 4143Restrictions on disclosure of information under Article 40 or 4144The Care Tribunal45Arrangements for provision of accommodation outside Northern Ireland46Rules regarding courses for persons who are or wish to become social workers47Arrangements for provision of pharmaceutical services by pharmacists48Regulations, orders and directions49Transitional provisions and savingsArticle 50—Amendments and repeals SCHEDULESSCHEDULE 1THE Health and Social Care Regulation and Quality Improvement AuthorityStatus1The RQIA shall not be regarded as the servant or agent of the Crown or...General powers2(1) Subject to any directions given by the Department, the RQIA may do anything which...General duty3The RQIA shall carry out its functions effectively, efficiently and economically.Membership4The RQIA shall consist of a chairman and other members appointed by the Department.Appointment, procedure etc.5The Department may by regulations make provision as to— (a) the appointment of the chairman...Remuneration and allowances6(1) The RQIA may pay to its chairman, to any other member of the Authority...Chief executive7(1) There shall be a chief executive of the RQIA who shall be a member...Staff8(1) The RQIA may appoint such other staff as it considers appropriate. (2) Subject to...Delegation of functions9The RQIA may arrange for the discharge of any of its functions by a committee,...Arrangements for the use of staff10The Department may by regulations provide for arrangements under which— (a) members of staff of...Payments to the RQIA11The Department may make payments to the RQIA of such amounts, at such times and...Accounts12(1) The RQIA shall— (a) keep proper accounts and proper records in relation to the...Application of seal and evidence13The application of the seal of the RQIA shall be authenticated by the signature— (a)...14A document purporting to be duly executed under the seal of the RQIA or to...Default powers of Department15(1) The powers conferred by this paragraph are exercisable by the Department if it is...Transfer of staff to the RQIA16(1) The Department may by order make a scheme for the transfer to the RQIA...Transfer of assets and liabilities to the RQIA17(1) The Department may by order transfer or provide for the transfer to the RQIA...SCHEDULE 2THE CARE TRIBUNALConstitution of Care Tribunal1(1) There shall be appointed— (a) a panel of persons ( “the chairmen's panel”) who...Appointment of the panels2(1) The members of the chairmen's panel shall be appointed by the Northern Ireland Judicial...Tenure of office3(1) Each member of the chairmen's panel or lay panel shall hold and vacate office...Staff and accommodation4The Department may, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel, provide such...Remuneration and expenses5(1) The Department may pay any person, in respect of his service as a member...Attendance allowances6The Department may pay such allowances for the purpose of or in connection with the......................7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....SCHEDULE 3TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGSFostering agencies1The Department may by regulations provide that, if prescribed requirements are satisfied, Article 12 shall...Voluntary adoption agencies2(1) Where a body is, before the commencement of Article 14, registered under Article 4...Saving for amendments3The amendments made by paragraphs 2, 3(3) and (4) and 5 of Schedule 1 to...Schedule 4—AmendmentsSchedule 5—RepealsStatutory Instruments2003 No. 431 (N.I. 9)The Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 200327th February 2003