Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003

Arrangements with public authorities

124 Arrangements with Ministers etc: CHAI

(1) Arrangements may be made between the CHAI and a Minister of the Crown —

(a) for the CHAI to perform any of its functions in relation to any prescribed health scheme for which the Minister has responsibility; or

(b) for the CHAI to provide services or facilities in so far as they are required by the Minister in connection with any such health scheme.

(2) Arrangements may be made between the CHAI and a Northern Ireland Minister—

(a) for the CHAI to perform on behalf of the Minister any functions of the Minister which—

(i) correspond to any functions of the CHAI; and

(ii) relate to the Northern Irish health service;

(b) for the CHAI to provide services or facilities in so far as they are required by the Minister in connection with the exercise by him of any such functions.

(3) Arrangements under this section may be made on such terms and conditions as may be agreed between the parties to the arrangements.

(4) Those terms and conditions may include provision with respect to the making of payments to the CHAI in respect of the cost to it of performing or providing any functions, services or facilities under the arrangements.

(5) Any arrangements under subsection (2)(a) are not to affect the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Minister on whose behalf any functions are exercised.

(6) In this section—

• “health scheme” means any scheme which appears to the Secretary of State to be a health or medical scheme paid for out of public funds;

• “Northern Ireland Minister” includes the First Minister, the deputy First Minister and a Northern Ireland department;

• “Northern Irish health service” means any of the health services under any enactment which extends to Northern Ireland and which corresponds to section 1(1) of the 1977 Act.

125 Arrangements with Ministers etc: CSCI

(1) Arrangements may be made between the CSCI and a Minister of the Crown—

(a) for the CSCI to advise the Minister with respect to the provision of any services for which the Minister has responsibility which are similar to English local authority social services; or

(b) for the CSCI to review, and conduct inspections in relation to, the provision of any such services.

(2) Arrangements may be made between the CSCI and a Northern Ireland Minister for the CSCI to advise and assist the Northern Ireland Minister with respect to the provision of any services for which the Minister has responsibility which are similar to English local authority social services.

(3) Arrangements under this section may be made on such terms and conditions as may be agreed between the parties to the arrangements.

(4) Those terms and conditions may include provision with respect to the making of payments to the CSCI in respect of the cost to it of performing or providing any functions, services or facilities under the arrangements.

(5) In this section “Northern Ireland Minister” has the same meaning as in section 124.

126 Arrangements with the Isle of Man and Channel Islands: CHAI

(1) The CHAI may make arrangements with—

(a) the Government of the Isle of Man,

(b) the States of Jersey, or

(c) the States of Guernsey,

for the CHAI to advise and assist that authority with respect to the provision of health care by them or on their behalf.

(2) The terms and conditions of arrangements under this section may include provision with respect to the making of payments to the CHAI in respect of the cost to it of performing or providing any functions, services or facilities under the arrangements.

127 Arrangements with the Isle of Man and Channel Islands: CSCI

(1) The CSCI may make arrangements with—

(a) the Government of the Isle of Man,

(b) the States of Jersey, or

(c) the States of Guernsey,

for the CSCI to advise and assist that authority with respect to the provision of any services which are similar to English local authority social services.

(2) The terms and conditions of arrangements under this section may include provision with respect to the making of payments to the CSCI in respect of the cost to it of performing or providing any functions, services or facilities under the arrangements.