Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022

Amendment of section 9 of Act of 2007

53. Section 9 of the Act of 2007 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2A):

“(2A) The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth may, if he or she believes on reasonable grounds that—

(a) there is a serious risk of the kind mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) of subsection (1), and

(b) (i) the risk may be the result of any act, failure or negligence mentioned in paragraph (b)(ii), (iv), (vi) or (viii) of subsection (1), or

(ii) the risk may be the result of any act, failure or negligence mentioned in paragraph (b)(i), (iii), (v) or (vii) of subsection (1) in so far as such act, failure or negligence relates to the performance by the Executive of its specialist community-based disability services functions,

require the Authority to undertake an investigation in accordance with this section.”.