S.I. No. 21/2019 - Health And Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 28A) (Counsellors And Psychotherapists Registration Board) Regulations 2019

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th February, 2019.

I, Simon Harris, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsections (4) and (10)(b) of section 28A (inserted by section 16 of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (No. 33 of 2014)) and 95(1)(a) of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (No. 27 of 2005) (as adapted by the Health and Children (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 219 of 2011 )), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 28A) (Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board) Regulations 2019.

2. In these Regulations, “section 28A” means section 28A (inserted by section 16 of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (No. 33 of 2014)) of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (No. 27 of 2005).

3. For the purposes of appointments under paragraph (a) of section 28A(4) to the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board -

(a) the designated professions of counsellor and psychotherapist are prescribed,

(b) one is prescribed as the number of persons who may be appointed from the designated profession of counsellor, and

(c) two is prescribed as the number of persons who may be appointed from the designated profession of psychotherapist.

4. For the purposes of appointments under paragraph (b) of section 28A(4) to the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board -

(a) the designated professions of counsellor and psychotherapist are prescribed, and

(b) one is prescribed as the number of persons who may be appointed from the designated profession of counsellor, and

(c) one is prescribed as the number of persons who may be appointed from the designated profession of psychotherapist.

5. For the purposes of appointments under paragraph (c) of section 28A(4) to the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board -

(a) the designated profession of counsellor is prescribed, and

(b) one is prescribed as the number of persons who may be appointed from the designated profession of counsellor

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

30 January 2019

SIMON HARRIS,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These regulations prescribe the number of persons from the designated profession of counsellor and the designated profession of psychotherapist to be appointed to the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 .