{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-act-northern-ireland-2001/section-54",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-act-northern-ireland-2001/section-54.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2001/3",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-act-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "section/54",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Public access to meetings of certain bodies",
  "text": "(1) Sections 23 to 27 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (c. 9) (which provide for public access to meetings of a district council and for the publication of information concerning such meetings) shall, with the modifications set out in subsection (2) apply in relation to meetings of—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(aa) the Regional Agency;\n(b) RBSO;\n(c) a special agency;\n(d) an HSC trust;\n(e) the Patient and Client Council, and\n(f) the Northern Ireland Social Care Council,\nas they apply in relation to meetings of a district council.\n(2) The modifications are—\n(a) any reference to a district council shall be read as a reference to a body mentioned in subsection (1); and\n(b) any reference to councillors or members of the council shall be read as a reference to members of such a body.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 54(1)(a)(aa)(b) substituted (1.4.2009) for s. 54(1)(a)(b) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 18(2)(a); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 54(1)(a) omitted (1.4.2022) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 189(4); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(d) (with Sch. 6 para. 1(3)); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 54(1)(e) substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 18(2)(b); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 54(3) repealed (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 33, 34(3), Sch. 7; S.R. 2009/114, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2001/3/section/54",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:53.445230+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."
}