The Health Services (Pilot Schemes – Health Services Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health Services (Pilot Schemes – Health Services Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 1st October 1998.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the Order” means the Health Services (Primary Care) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;

“applicant” means a person making an application;

“application” means an application under Article 17 of the Order to become a pilot scheme health services body(1) in respect of a pilot scheme under which piloted services are, or are to be, provided;

“member”, in relation to a pilot scheme health services body,—

(a)

means, where the relevant pilot scheme has not yet been implemented, a person proposing to provide piloted services under that scheme; and

(b)

is to be construed, where the relevant pilot scheme has been implemented, in accordance with Article 17(7) of the Order;

“relevant board” means the board which is, or is to be, a party to the relevant pilot scheme; and

“relevant pilot scheme” means the pilot scheme under which—

(a)

the applicants are to provide, or are providing, piloted services; or

(b)

the members of the pilot scheme health services body are to provide, or are providing, piloted services,

as the case may be.

(1)

See Article 17(6) of S.I. 1997/1177 (N.I. 7)