{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-tribunal-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-tribunal-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2005/178",
  "legislation_title": "The Care Tribunal Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-tribunal-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Requirements for membership of lay panel",
  "text": "(1) A person may be appointed a member of the lay panel if he satisfies the requirements of –\n(a) paragraph (2);\n(b) paragraphs (3) and (4); or\n(c) paragraph (5).\n(2) The requirements of this paragraph are –\n(a) experience in the provision of services –\n(i) which must or may be provided by HSS Trusts under the 1995 Order or which are similar to such services; or\n(ii) for vulnerable adults; and\n(b) experience in relevant social work.\n(3) The requirements of this paragraph are –\n(a) experience in the provision of services by a HSS Board or HSS Trust;\n(b) experience in the provision of education in a school or in an institution within the further education sector; or\n(c) experience of being employed by an Education and Library Board in connection with the exercise of its functions under the 1986 Order.\n(4) The requirements of this paragraph are –\n(a) experience in the conduct of disciplinary investigations;\n(b) experience as a member of an Area Child Protection Committee, or similar experience;\n(c) experience of taking part in child protection conferences or in child protection review conferences, or similar experience; or\n(d) experience in negotiating the conditions of service of employees.\n(5) The requirements of this paragraph are –\n(a) experience in carrying out inspections under Part VI of the Order;\n(b) experience in carrying out inspections under the Registered Homes (Northern Ireland) Order 1992;\n(c) experience in carrying out inspections under the 1995 Order;\n(d) experience in managing an establishment or agency under Part III of the 2003 Order;\n(e) experience in managing a children’s home under the 1995 Order;\n(f) experience in managing the provision of health and personal social services; or\n(g) that the person is a nurse or medical practitioner who has experience of the provision of health services;",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 3(2)(a)(i) added (29.9.2006) by The Care Tribunal (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/342), regs. 1, 2(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 3(2)(a)(ii) added (29.9.2006) by The Care Tribunal (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/342), regs. 1, 2(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 3(5)(f) added (29.9.2006) by The Care Tribunal (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/342), regs. 1, 2(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in operation at 1.4.2005, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/3204 (N.I. 20) (revoked by S.I. 2003 No. 43 (N.I. 9)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/178/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:52:50.804189+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}