The Health and Personal Social Services (Joint Committee for Commissioning) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008

Made: 21st March 2008

Coming into operation: 14th April 2008

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety[^f00001], in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 19 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972[^f00002] and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Health and Personal Social Services (Joint Committee for Commissioning) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 14 April 2008.

• (2) In this Order—

• “the Order” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Joint Committee for Commissioning) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 [^f00003].

Amendment to Article 3 of the Order

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For Article 3 of the Order (Functions of the Joint Committee), there shall be substituted—

• The Joint Committee shall undertake the following functions in relation to the provision of health and personal social services: the development of a framework and plan for efficient and effective commissioning and supervision of the implementation of such framework and plan; and to manage the resources required by the four Boards to establish and maintain efficient and effective commissioning.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 20th March 2008

Andrew McCormick — A senior officer of the — Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends Article 3 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Joint Committee for Commissioning) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services. See S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.) Article 3(6)

[^f00002]: S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14)

[^f00003]: S.R. 2007 No. 14