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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-northern-ireland-order-1972/article-52",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1972/1265",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-northern-ireland-order-1972",
  "path": "article/52",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "52",
  "heading": "Powers of Ministry in emergency",
  "text": "(1) If the Ministry is of the opinion that an emergency exists and thinks it necessary to do so in order to secure the effective continuance of any service under the health and social care legislation, the Ministry may direct that any functions conferred by or under the health and social care legislation on any body or person shall during the period of the emergency be performed by such other body or person as the Ministry may specify in the direction.\n(2) In this Article and Article 53 “the health and social care legislation” means—\n(a) this Order;\n(b) the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987;\n(c) the Health and Personal Social Services (Special Agencies) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990;\n(d) the 1991 Order;\n(e) the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1994; and\n(f) the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.\n(g) the Health Services (Primary Care) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;and\n(h) the 2009 Act.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1991 NI 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(a); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "1995 NI 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "1997 NI 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Art. 52(2) and word inserted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(24); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1972/1265/article/52",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:54:41.031010+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."
}