Regulation 2 Consultation
Subject to paragraph (2), for the purposes of paragraph 8A(3) of the Schedule to the Order, the prescribed consultation which, except in cases of urgency, must be completed before the Department may make a dissolution order is —
where a dissolution order is to be made pursuant to paragraph 8A(2)(a) of the Schedule to the Order (on the application of the special agency concerned) consultation by that special agency with staff interests the results of which shall, within such period, if any, as the Department shall determine, be reported by that special agency to the Department.
where a dissolution order is to be made pursuant to paragraph 8A(2)(b) of the Schedule to the Order (where the Department considers it appropriate in the interests of health and social care) consultation by the Department with staff interests.
Where a dissolution order is to be made in respect of two or more special agencies, the prescribed consultation under sub-paragraph (1)(a) may be undertaken jointly by the special agencies concerned.