Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022

Amendment of section 29 of Principal Act

21. Section 29 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the insertion of “, and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth,” after “the Minister”,

(b) in subsection (3), by the insertion of “, after consultation with the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth,” after “the Minister”,

(c) by the substitution of the following subsections for subsections (5) and (6):

“(5) Within 3 months after receiving a corporate plan, after consultation between the Minister and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth—

(a) (i) the Minister shall, other than in so far as the plan relates to the performance by the Executive of specialist community-based disability functions, approve the plan, and

(ii) the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth shall, in so far as the plan relates to the performance by the Executive of its specialist community-based disability services functions, approve the plan,

or

(b) if the plan is not amended in accordance with any directions that may be issued by the Minister or, in so far as the 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—

(i) the Minister shall, in relation to that part of the plan referred to in paragraph (a)(i), refuse to approve the plan, and

(ii) the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth shall, in relation to that part of the plan referred to in paragraph (a)(ii), refuse to approve the plan.

(6) An approved corporate plan may, after consultation between the Minister and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, be amended by the Minister or, in so far as the 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 at any time or may be amended by the Executive, but in the latter case only after—

(a) the Executive submits for approval the proposed amendment to the Minister or, in so far as the proposed amendment relates to the performance of its specialist community-based disability services functions, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, and

(b) the amendment is approved by, as appropriate—

(i) the Minister after consultation with the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, or

(ii) the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth after consultation with the Minister.”.