Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022

Amendment of section 33B of Principal Act

29. Section 33B of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) by the insertion of “and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth” after “The Minister”, and

(ii) in paragraph (a), by the insertion of “, after consultation with the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and, in so far as the funding relates to the performance by the Executive of its specialist community-based disability services functions, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, after consultation with the Minister,” after “that the Minister”,

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) by the insertion of “and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth” after “the Minister” where it first and secondly occurs, and

(ii) in paragraph (a), by the insertion of “and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth” after “the Minister”,

(c) in subsection (3)—

(i) by the insertion of “and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth” after “the Minister” where it first occurs, and

(ii) in paragraphs (a) and (b), by the insertion of “and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth” after “the Minister”,

(d) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (5):

“(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Minister, after consultation with the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth or, in so far as the capital plan relates to the performance by the Executive of its specialist community-based disability services functions, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, after consultation with the Minister, may at any time direct in writing the Executive to submit to the Minister and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for approval a capital plan prepared in such form, containing such information and covering such part of a financial year as may be specified by the Minister or the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in such direction.”,

(e) in subsection (6), by the insertion of “or the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth” after “the Minister”,

(f) in subsection (7), by the insertion of “, after consultation with the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth or, in so far as the amendment relates to the performance by the Executive of its specialist community-based disability services functions, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, after consultation with the Minister” after “the Minister”, and

(g) in subsection (8), by the insertion of “and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth after consultation between such Ministers” after “the Minister”.