2009 No. 266
The Working Time (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
Made
Coming into operation
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety1, being designated2 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19723 in relation to measures relating to the organisation of working time, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.
Citation, commencement and interpretationI11
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Working Time (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2009.
2
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19544 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Amendments to regulation 25A of the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998I22
In regulation 25A (doctors in training) of the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19985–
a
for paragraph (1) substitute—
1
Paragraph (1) of regulation 4 is modified in its application to workers to whom this paragraph applies by substituting for the reference to 48 hours a reference to 52 hours with effect from 1st August 2009 until 31st July 2011.
1A
Paragraph (1) applies to workers who are doctors in training who are employed—
a
by an employer who is listed in column 1 of the table contained in Schedule 2A,
b
at a place listed in column 2 of that table in respect of that employer,
c
to provide at that place one of the specialist services listed in column 3 of that table in respect of that place, and
d
in one of the grades listed in column 4 of that table in respect of that specialist service and, where applicable, working as part of a rota referred to in that column in respect of that grade, or those grades.
New Schedule 2A to the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998I33
After Schedule 2 (Workers employed in agriculture) of the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 insert—
SCHEDULE 2ADoctors in training
Column 1
Employer
Column 2
Place
Column 3
Specialist Services
Column 4
Grade and,
where applicable, rota
Western Health and Social Care Trust
Erne Hospital
Surgery
CT1/LAT/CT2
Paediatrics
FTSTA/LAT
Belfast Health and
Social Care Trust
Belfast City Hospital
Anaesthetics
ST3+
Ear, Nose and Throat
CT1-2/ST1-2/F2/FTSTA
Mater Hospital
Anaesthetics
ST3+/ ST1-2/CT1-2/FTSTA
Royal Victoria Hospital
Neurosurgery
ST3+
Fractures
F1
Fractures
F2/CT1-2/ST1-2/FTSTA
Cardiology
F2/CT1-3/ST1-2/FTSTA
Northern Health and Social Care Trust
Mid Ulster Hospital
Medicine/Surgery
F1
Antrim Hospital
General Surgery
F2/ST1-2
General Surgery
SpR/ST3
Southern Health and Social Care Trust
Craigavon Area Hospital
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
SpR
Anaesthetics
SpR
South Eastern Health
and Social Care Trust
Ulster Hospital
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
SpR/ST3
General Surgery
F2/ST1
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 10th July 2009
Dr Patrick WoodsA senior officer of theDepartment of Health, Social Services and Public Safety(This note is not part of the Regulations)