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Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001

2001 nia 3 · Enacted 20 March 2001 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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An Act to establish a Northern Ireland Social Care Council and make provision for the registration, regulation and training of social care workers; to make provision about the recovery of charges in connection with the treatment of road traffic casualties in health services hospitals; to amend the law about the health and personal social services; to confer power to regulate the profession of pharmaceutical chemist; and for connected purposes.

[20th March 2001]

Contents

  1. Part I: SOCIAL CARE WORKERS
  2. Preliminary
  3. 1The Northern Ireland Social Care Council
  4. 2“Social care worker”, etc.
  5. Registration
  6. 3The register
  7. 4Applications for registration
  8. 5Grant or refusal of registration
  9. 5AVisiting social workers from relevant European States Repealed
  10. 6Removal, etc. from register
  11. 7Rules about registration
  12. 7APower to obtain information etc
  13. 7BInvestigations under section 6: information about, and to, a registered person's employers
  14. 8Registration – enforcement
  15. Codes of practice
  16. 9Codes of practice
  17. Training
  18. 10Approval of courses, etc.
  19. 10ARecognition of attainment of standards by social workers
  20. 11Qualifications gained outside Northern Ireland
  21. 12Post registration training
  22. 13Visitors for certain social work courses
  23. 14Functions of the Department
  24. Miscellaneous and supplemental
  25. 15Appeals to the Care Tribunal
  26. 16Publication, etc. of register
  27. 16APublication etc of information about fitness to practise
  28. 17Cesser of functions of CCETSW
  29. 18Rules
  30. 19Default powers of Department
  31. 22Interpretation of this Part
  32. Part II: RECOVERY OF CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE TREATMENT OF ROAD TRAFFIC CASUALTIES
  33. Payment for hospital treatment
  34. 23Payment for hospital treatment of traffic casualties Repealed
  35. Certificates of health services charges
  36. 24Applications for certificates of health services charges Repealed
  37. 25Information contained in certificates Repealed
  38. Recovery of health services charges
  39. 26Payment of health services charges Repealed
  40. 27Recovery of health services charges Repealed
  41. Reviews and appeals
  42. 28Review of certificates Repealed
  43. 29Appeals against a certificate Repealed
  44. 30Appeal tribunals Repealed
  45. 31Appeal to the court on point of law Repealed
  46. 32Reviews and appeals: supplementary Repealed
  47. Information
  48. 33Provision of information Repealed
  49. 34Use of information held by the Department Repealed
  50. Payments to hospitals
  51. 35Payment of health services charges to hospitals Repealed
  52. Miscellaneous and general
  53. 36Regulations governing payments into court, etc. Repealed
  54. 37Interpretation of this Part Repealed
  55. 38Consequential amendments Repealed
  56. Part III: HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE– GENERAL
  57. Fund-holding practices
  58. 39Repeal of law about fund-holding practices
  59. Local administration
  60. 40Remuneration for Part VI services
  61. 41Indemnity cover for Part VI services
  62. 42Local representative committees
  63. Health and Social Care trusts
  64. 43Establishment orders
  65. 44Exercise of powers
  66. 45Public dividend capital
  67. 46Existing HSC trusts: conversion of initial loan
  68. 47Borrowing, surplus funds and investment
  69. Evasion of charges, fraud etc.
  70. 48Evasion of charges etc.
  71. 49Disqualification of Part VI practitioners
  72. Miscellaneous
  73. 50Disclosure of information by the Commissioner for Complaints Repealed
  74. 51Provision of information as to births and deaths
  75. 52Liability of officers of Health and Social Services Councils
  76. 53Regulations under section 11 of the Medical Act 1983
  77. 54Public access to meetings of certain bodies
  78. 55Sale of medical practices: goodwill
  79. Part IV: MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
  80. Pharmaceutical chemists
  81. 56Regulation of the profession of pharmaceutical chemist
  82. General
  83. 57Orders, regulations and directions
  84. 58Supplementary and consequential provision
  85. 59Interpretation
  86. 60Amendments and repeals
  87. 61Short title and commencement
  88. Schedule 1: THE NORTHERN IRELAND SOCIAL CARE COUNCIL
  89. Status
  90. 1Paragraph 1
  91. General powers
  92. 2Paragraph 2
  93. General duty
  94. 3Paragraph 3
  95. Membership
  96. 4Paragraph 4
  97. Appointment, procedure etc.
  98. 5Paragraph 5
  99. Remuneration and allowances
  100. 6Paragraph 6
  101. Chief officer
  102. 7Paragraph 7
  103. Staff
  104. 8Paragraph 8
  105. Delegation of functions
  106. 9Paragraph 9
  107. Arrangements for the use of staff
  108. 10Paragraph 10
  109. Payments to Council
  110. 11Paragraph 11
  111. Accounts
  112. 12Paragraph 12
  113. Reports and other information
  114. 13Paragraph 13
  115. Application of seal and evidence
  116. 14Paragraph 14
  117. 15Paragraph 15
  118. General
  119. 16Paragraph 16
  120. 17Paragraph 17 Repealed
  121. 18Paragraph 18
  122. Schedule 2: SCHEDULE 11 TO THE PRINCIPAL ORDER, AS SUBSTITUTED
  123. Paragraph
  124. Schedule 3: SCHEDULE 10 TO THE PRINCIPAL ORDER, AS SUBSTITUTED
  125. Paragraph
  126. Schedule 4: REGULATION OF THE PROFESSION OF PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMIST
  127. 1Matters generally within the scope of an order
  128. 2Manner of exercise of power
  129. 3Paragraph 3
  130. 4Paragraph 4
  131. 5Paragraph 5
  132. 6Paragraph 6
  133. 7Matters outside the scope of an order
  134. 8Paragraph 8
  135. 9Preliminary procedure for making an order
  136. 10Interpretation and application
  137. 11Paragraph 11
  138. Schedule Schedule