Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022

Amendment of section 98 of Act of 2007

54. Section 98 of the Act of 2007 is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following subsections for subsection (1):

“(1) The Minister, after such consultation with the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth as may be appropriate, may, subject to subsection (1A), make regulations (other than in respect of matters to which subsection (1A) relates) that the Minister considers necessary or expedient for purposes under this Act.

(1A) The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, in relation to the performance by the Executive of its specialist community-based disability services functions, after such consultation with the Minister as may be appropriate, may make regulations that the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth considers necessary or expedient for purposes under this Act.”,

(b) in subsection (2), by the insertion of “or, in relation to the performance by the Executive of its specialist community-based disability services functions, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth,” after “the Minister”, and

(c) in subsection (3), by the insertion of “or the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, as appropriate,” after “the Minister”.