The Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

Northern Ireland Order in Council 2003 No. 431 — creates 9 criminal offences.

Made

27 February 2003

In force from

Not determined

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Miscellaneous

Made under

2000 (c. 1), Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order establishes the Northern Ireland Health and Personal Social Services Regulation and Improvement Authority and makes provision for the registration and regulation of certain establishments and agencies. It also makes provision relating to the quality of health and personal social services and to adoption, fostering and children under 12. Article 45 enable regulations to be made regarding arrangements for the provision of accommodation outside Northern Ireland. Article 46 relates to rules about social work courses. Article 47 enables regulations to be made regarding arrangements for the provision of certain pharmaceutical services by pharmacists.

Offences created by this instrument

• Requirement to register article 12(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Failure to comply with conditions article 24 · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Contravention of regulations article 25(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• False descriptions of establishments and agencies article 26(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• False descriptions of establishments and agencies article 26(4) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• False statements in applications article 27(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Failure to display certificate of registration article 28(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Inspections: provisions supplementary to Articles 40 and 41 article 42(2) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• The Care Tribunal article 44(5) · Status not determined · Strict liability

How Parliament handled it

Parliament's Statutory Instruments service records procedure from May 2017 onwards, and this instrument predates it. That is a limit of the source, not a statement that nothing happened.

Check the source

• This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
• Other instruments from 2003