The Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland (Membership, Procedure, Functions and Committee) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

Made: 28th November 2014

Coming into operation: 1st January 2015

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety makes the following regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(2)(b), 1(5)(b) and 7(4)(b) of the Safeguarding Board Act (Northern Ireland) 2011[^f00001].

Citation and commencement

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland (Membership, Procedure, Functions and Committee) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2015.

Amendment of the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland (Membership, Procedure, Functions and Committee) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

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• (1) The Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland (Membership, Procedure, Functions and Committee) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012[^f00002] are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

• (2) In regulation 3 (Membership)—

• (a) for paragraph (2)(a) substitute—

(a) from the Regional Health and Social Care Board— (i) the Director or Assistant Director of Social Care and Children; and (ii) a Designated Doctor for Safeguarding Children;

• (b) in paragraph (2)(b)(iii) after “Health” insert “or Assistant Director for Service Development and Screening”;

• (c) for paragraph (2)(c) substitute—

(c) an Executive Director for Social Work or Assistant Director for Children’s Services from each of the following HSC trusts— (i) the South Eastern HSC Trust; (ii) the Southern HSC Trust; (iii) the Northern HSC Trust; (iv) the Western HSC Trust;

• (d) after paragraph (2)(c) insert—

(cc) an Executive Director of Social Work or Co-Director for Children’s Services from the Belfast HSC Trust;

• (e) in paragraph (2)(d) after “children” insert “or the Chief Superintendent for Public Protection”;

• (f) in paragraph (2)(e) after “Director” insert “or Assistant Director”;

• (g) in paragraph (2)(f) after “Executive” insert “or Director”;

• (h) in paragraph (2)(i) after “Service” insert “or Assistant Director”;

• (i) after paragraph (2) insert—

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a)(ii) a Designated Doctor for Safeguarding Children means a paediatrician designated by the Regional Health and Social Care Board to provide information, advice and assistance regarding the safeguarding of children.

• (3) In Schedule 1 (Meetings and Proceedings of the Safeguarding Board)—

• (a) type=start slip=2014-12-01 time=1418918230149at the beginning of paragraph 8(1) insert “Subject to paragraph (1A),”;type=end slip=2014-12-01 time=1418918230149

• (b) after paragraph 8(1) insert—

(1A) In exceptional circumstances, where more than one third of the total membership declares an interest under paragraph 9 (Declaration of interest), the quorum requirement will be satisfied if two thirds (rounded up to a whole number) of the remaining members are present.

• (4) In Schedule 3 (Meetings and proceedings of the Safeguarding Panels)—

• (a) at the beginning of paragraph 7(1) insert “Subject to paragraph (1A),”;

• (b) after paragraph 7(1) insert—

(1A) In exceptional circumstances, where more than one third of the total membership declares an interest under paragraph 8 (Declaration of interest), the quorum requirement will be satisfied if two thirds (rounded up to a whole number) of the remaining members are present.

• (5) In Schedule 5 (Meetings and proceedings of the Case Management Review Panel)—

• (a) type=start slip=2014-12-01 time=1418918265415at the beginning of paragraph 7(1) insert “ Subject to paragraph (1A),”;type=end slip=2014-12-01 time=1418918265415

• (b) after paragraph 7(1) insert—

(1A) In exceptional circumstances, where more than one third of the total membership declares an interest under paragraph 8 (Declaration of interest), the quorum requirement will be satisfied if two thirds (rounded up to a whole number) of the remaining members are present.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 28th November 2014.

Eilís McDaniel — A senior officer of the — Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland (Membership, Procedure, Functions and Committee) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 3 to include additional prescribed representatives as members of the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland. Regulation 2 also amends the quorum arrangements in Schedule 1 in relation to the Safeguarding Board, in Schedule 3 in relation to Safeguarding Panels and in Schedule 5 in relation to the Case Management Review Panel to include an additional quorum arrangement which will apply, in exceptional circumstances, where more than one third of members declare an interest in proceedings.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2011 c.7 (N.I.)

[^f00002]: S.R.2012 No. 324