HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972

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HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972 - SECT 17



17.(1) The Health and Social Services Boards shall

(a)exercise on behalf of the Ministry such functions (including functions
imposed under an order of any court) with respect to the administration of
such health and personal social services as the Ministry may direct;

(b)make arrangements, on behalf of the Ministry, for the provision of services
under Part VI;

(c)exercise on behalf of the Ministry of Home Affairs such functions
(including functions imposed under an order of any court) with respect to the
administration of such personal social services under the Adoption Act
(Northern Ireland) 1967 and the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern
Ireland) 1968 as that Ministry may direct;

[(d)provide such facilities and accommodation for persons training with a view
to qualification for registration as nurses and midwives as the National Board
for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Northern Ireland may require in
discharging functions under section 6(1)(a) of the Nurses, Midwives and Health
Visitors Act 1979;]

[(1A) The Health and Social Services Board in whose area a school for the
training of nurses and midwives is situated shall

(a)employ, for the period of the person's training with a view to
qualification for registration as a nurse or midwife, any person accepted for
such training by it and the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health
Visiting for Northern Ireland;

(b)in assigning duties to any such person during that period, comply with the
training requirements of the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing,
Midwifery and Health Visiting.]

(2) Where a function is conferred on a Health and Social Services Board by any
other transferred provision, that function shall be deemed to be a function
which the Ministry has directed the Health and Social Services Board to
exercise under paragraph (1).

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HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972 - SECT 17