Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1972/1265/part/V/chapter
Timestamp: 2019-12-07 22:30:23
Document Index: 144042613

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 31', 'art. 2', 'Art. 35', 'Art. 36', 'art. 2', 'art. 38', 'art. 2', 'art. 39', 'art. 2', 'Art. 40', 'art. 41', 'art. 2', 'art. 42', 'art. 2', 'art. 42', 'art. 42', 'Art. 42', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'Art. 45', 'art. 45', 'art. 45', 'art. 2', 'art. 46', 'art. 2', 'art. 46', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 48', 'art. 2', 'art. 51', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'Art. 52', 'art. 2', 'art. 53', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'Art. 53', 'art. 2', 'Art. 54']

10/05/2012- Amendment
Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 07 December 2019. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Changes and effects yet to be applied to Part V Chapter:
Provision of vehicles for persons suffering from physical defect or disabilityN.I.
30.—(1) The Ministry may provide invalid carriages for persons appearing to it to be suffering from severe physical defect or disability, and, at the request of such a person, may provide for him a vehicle other than an invalid carriage.
(2) The Ministry may, in the case of an invalid carriage or other vehicle provided by it for, or belonging to, any such person as is mentioned in paragraph (1), on such terms and subject to such conditions as it may determine—
(a)adapt the vehicle for the purpose of making it suitable for the circumstances of that person;
(b)maintain and repair the vehicle;
(c)take out insurance policies relating to the vehicle and pay the duty (if any) with which the vehicle is chargeable under[F1 the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994];
(d)provide a structure for the keeping of the vehicle therein and provide all material and execute all works necessary for the erection of the structure.
(3) The Ministry may, on such terms and subject to such conditions as it may determine, make payments by way of grant towards costs incurred by any such person as is mentioned in paragraph (1) in respect of all or any of the following matters in relation to an invalid carriage or other vehicle provided by the Ministry for, or belonging to, that person—
(a)the taking of any such action as is referred to in paragraph (2);
(b)the purchase of fuel for the purposes of the vehicle, so far as the cost of the purchase is attributable to duties of excise payable in respect of the fuel;
(4) In this Article, “invalid carriage” means a mechanically propelled vehicle specially designed and constructed, and not merely adapted, for the use of a person suffering from some physical defect or disability and used solely by such a person.
F11994 c.22
[F2Accommodation and services for private patientsN.I.
(a)will not to a significant extent interfere with the performance by it of any duty imposed on it by this Order [F3or the 2009 Act] to provide accommodation or services of any kind; and
(3) The Department shall revoke an authorisation under this Article only if and to the extent that it is satisfied that sufficient accommodation and facilities for the private practice of medicine and dentistry are otherwise reasonably available (whether privately or at hospitals vested in it) to meet the reasonable demand for them in the area served by the hospital in question.]
F21988 NI 24
F3Words in art. 31(1)(a) inserted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(15); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
Hospital accommodation made available on part paymentN.I.
33.—(1) Where there is provided in any hospital vested in the Ministry accommodation in single rooms or small wards, the Ministry may authorise any such accommodation which is not for the time being needed by any patient on medical grounds to be made available for patients[F4 to such extent as it may determine, and may recover such charges as it may determine in respect of such accommodation and calculate them on any basis that it considers to be the appropriate commercial basis.]
Para. (2) rep. by 1988 NI 24
Cleanliness of school childrenN.I.
34. The Ministry may, by regulations, make provision with respect to the examination and cleanliness of the persons and clothing of pupils in attendance at grant-aided schools and, in particular, where action for the examination or cleansing of a pupil cannot immediately take place, may provide for the exclusion from school of such pupil.
Art. 35 rep. by 1992 NI 20
[F5Provision of accommodation in premises maintained by voluntary organisations, etc.N.I.
36.—[F6(1) Subject to paragraph (2), arrangements must not be made under Article 15 for the provision of accommodation together with nursing or personal care for persons such as are mentioned in Article 10(1) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (residential care homes) unless —
(b)a person carrying on or managing the home is registered in respect of it under that Order.]
[F6(2) The Department may by regulations make provision for or in connection with the making of arrangements under Article 15 for the provision of the accommodation in Great Britain, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.]
[F7(2A) Any question under this Order as to the ordinary residence of a person is to be determined by the Department.]
[F8(4) Subject to the following provisions of this Article, a person for whom accommodation is provided under any such arrangements shall refund to the Department—
(4A) In paragraph (4) "nursing care by a registered nurse" means any services provided by a nurse registered under Article 5 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 (SI 2002 / 253) and involving—
other than any services which, having regard to their nature and the circumstances in which they are provided, do not need to be provided by a nurse so registered.]
(5) Where a person for whom accommodation is provided, or proposed to be provided, under any such arrangements satisfies the Department that he is unable to make a refund at the full rate determined under[F8 paragraph (4)(a) or (b)], the Department shall assess his ability to pay, and accordingly determine at what lower rate he shall be liable to make a refund.
(8) The Department may, on each occasion when it makes arrangements by virtue of this Article for the provision of accommodation for a person and irrespective of his means, limit to such amount as appears to the Department reasonable for him to pay the refunds required from him for his accommodation during a period commencing when the Department began to make the arrangements for accommodation for him and ending not more than 8 weeks after that.]
F62003 NI 9
F7Art. 36(2A) inserted (1.4.2015) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), s. 127(1), Sch. 1 para. 5(8) (with Sch. 1 paras. 8, 14); S.I. 2015/993, art. 2(x)(i) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2015/995)
F82002 c. 9 (NI)
37. The Ministry shall make arrangements in accordance with Schedule 6 for the purposes of securing the necessary care and attention for persons (other than persons in respect of whom a warrant may be issued under[F9 Article 129 of the Mental Health Order]) who—
F91986 NI 4
Protection for property of certain personsN.I.
38.—(1) Where a person—
(a)is admitted as a patient to any hospital or is admitted to other accommodation provided under this Order [F10or the 2009 Act]; or
(b)is removed to any other place under an order made under Schedule 6;
and it appears to the Ministry that there is danger of loss of, or damage to, any property of his by reason of his temporary or permanent inability to protect or deal with the property, and that other suitable arrangements have not been, or are not being made to prevent or mitigate the loss or damage, the Ministry shall take reasonable steps for that purpose.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall have effect in relation to persons suffering from mental disorder as if—
(a)the reference to “hospital” included a reference to a private hospital within the meaning of the Mental Health[F11 Order]; and
(b)after sub-paragraph ( b) there were inserted the following words—
(c)is subject to guardianship under the Mental Health[F11 Order];” .
(3) For the purpose of discharging the duty of the Ministry under paragraph (1), a person authorised in writing by the Ministry may, at all reasonable times, enter any premises which, immediately before the person mentioned in that paragraph was admitted or removed as aforesaid, were his place of residence or usual place of residence and may deal with any property of his in any way which is reasonably necessary to prevent or mitigate loss thereof or damage thereto.
(4) The Ministry may recover from a person admitted or removed as aforesaid, or from any person who, for the purposes of this Order, is liable to maintain him, any reasonable expenses incurred by it in relation to him under the foregoing provisions of this Article.
F10Words in art. 38(1)(a) inserted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(16); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
Burial or cremation of the deadN.I.
39.—(1) The Ministry may cause to be buried or cremated the body of a deceased person who, immediately before his death, was being provided with accommodation under this Order [F12or the 2009 Act] by the Ministry.
(2) The Ministry may recover from the estate of such deceased person, or from any person who, for the purposes of this Order, was liable to maintain the deceased person immediately before his death, expenses incurred under paragraph (1),F13. . . .
(3) Where the relatives of any deceased person are not known or are, by reason of their absence, poverty or otherwise, unable to defray all or part of the expenses of burying or cremating that person, the Ministry may defray the whole or part of such expenses.
(4) Nothing in this Article shall affect any enactment regulating or authorising the burial, cremation or anatomical examination of the body of a deceased person; and a body shall not be cremated under this Article where the Ministry has reason to believe that cremation would be contrary to the wishes of the deceased.
F12Words in art. 39(1) inserted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(17); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
Art. 40 rep. by 1988 NI 23
Availability or provision of services, otherwise than for purposes of the OrderN.I.
41. The Ministry may allow persons to make use, on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit, of any services the provision of which is involved in the provision of[F14 personal social] services under this Order [F15or the 2009 Act]; and it may, in the case of services the provision of which is so involved, provide them to an extent greater than that necessitated by the provision of[F14 personal social] services under this Order [F15or the 2009 Act] if it thinks it expedient to do so in order to allow persons to make use of them.
F141988 NI 24
F15Words in art. 41 inserted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(18); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
Provision of services to persons not ordinarily resident in Northern IrelandN.I.
42.—(1) The Ministry may make available any services provided under this Order [F16or the 2009 Act] to such persons or classes of persons not ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland to such an extent and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.
(2) Where services are provided under paragraph (1) the Ministry may, [F17subject to such exemptions as may be prescribed and] subject to [F18paragraph (3)], determine charges for such services and recover them in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 15.
[F19(3) Regulations may provide that charges under paragraph (2) are only to be made in such cases as may be determined in accordance with the regulations.]
F16Words in art. 42(1) inserted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(19); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
F17Words in art. 42(2) inserted (13.6.2016) by virtue of Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 26), ss. 14, 20(2)
F18Words in art. 42(2) substituted (26.3.2008) by Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 2), ss. 12(a), 18(1)(a)
F19Art. 42(3) added (26.3.2008) by Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 2), ss. 12(b), 18(1)(a)
(a)any matter relating to the causation, prevention, diagnosis or treatment of illness, or into such other matters relating to the [F20health care] as it thinks fit;
(b)any matter relating to the [F21social care].
F20Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(b); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
F21Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(a); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
Provisions relating to trainingN.I.
44.—(1) The Ministry may, either directly or by entering into arrangements with others,—
(a)provide training for persons with a view to, or in the course of, their employment or use of their services in the health or [F22social care] in Northern Ireland, in a related service in Great Britain, or by a voluntary organisation approved by the Ministry;
(b)allow training provided under this paragraph to be given to persons other than persons described in sub-paragraph ( a), and may, under this paragraph, provide such training to an extent greater than that necessitated by the requirements of persons so described if it is thought expedient to do so in order to allow such other persons to receive such training;
(c)provide material and premises necessary for, or in connection with, the provision of any training referred to in sub-paragraph ( a) or ( b);
(d)provide training under this paragraph on such terms as the Ministry thinks fit.
(2) The Ministry may, subject to such conditions as it may determine,—
(a)make grants towards any fees or expenses incurred by, or
(b)defray or contribute towards the cost of maintenance of,
persons undergoing training for any of the purposes of this Order.
(3) The Ministry may, subject to such conditions as it may determine, pay the fees of, or make grants to, any body or persons providing training under paragraph (1).
F22Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(a); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
Travelling expenses of patients, etc.N.I.
45.—(1) The Ministry may, by regulations, provide for the payment[F23 by the Department or an [F24HSC trust]] in accordance with prescribed scales and in such circumstances as may be prescribed, of the whole or part of any travelling or other out-of-pocket expenses necessarily incurred—
[F25(a)by any person of a prescribed description for the purpose of availing himself of—
(i)such services under this Order, the 1991 Order or the 2009 Act as may be prescribed;
(ii)services in respect of which the costs are reimbursable under Article 14B [F26or 14D] ; or
(iii)services authorised to be received in another EEA state or Switzerland under Article 20 or Article 27(3) of Regulation (EC) No. 883/2004;]
(b)by any person accompanying such person as is mentioned in paragraph ( a);
(c)by any relative[F27 being a person of a prescribed description,] visiting a person availing himself of services under this Order [F28or the 2009 Act].
[F23and such regulations may provide for the reimbursement by the Department to an [F24HSC trust] of payments made by the trust by virtue of this paragraph.]
[F27(2) Paragraph 1B of Schedule 15 (powers to prescribe descriptions of persons) shall have effect in relation to paragraph (1) as it has effect in relation to paragraph 1(b) of that Schedule.]
F231991 NI 1
F24Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(d); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
F25Art. 45(1)(a) substituted (10.5.2012) by The Health Care (Reimbursement of the Cost of EEA Services etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/167), regs. 1, 5
F26Words in art. 45(1)(a)(ii) inserted (27.12.2013) by The Health Services (Cross-Border Health Care) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/299), regs. 1(1), 9
F271988 NI 2
F28Words in art. 45(1)(c) inserted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(20)(b); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
Provision of residential accommodation for officersN.I.
46. The Ministry may provide, on such terms and conditions as may be agreed, residential accommodation for—
(a)officers employed for the purposes of any of its functions under this Order [F29or the 2009 Act];
(b)officers employed by a voluntary organisation for the purposes of any services provided under this Order [F30or the 2009 Act].
F29Words in art. 46(a) inserted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(21); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
F30Words in art. 46(b) inserted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(21); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
47. The Ministry may make loans to such officers employed for the purposes of any of the health or [F31social care] and subject to such conditions as the Ministry, with the approvalF32. . . of the Ministry of Finance, may determine to facilitate such officers in the purchase of motor cars or motor cycles essential to the efficient carrying out of their official duties.
F31Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(a); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
F321982 NI 6
Acquisition and disposal of landN.I.
48.—(1) The Ministry may acquire by agreement or compulsorily in accordance with the following provisions of this Article any land which in its opinion is required for the purposes of [F33health or social care], and any land held by it for those purposes may, if in the opinion of the Ministry it is no longer required for those purposes, be disposed of by it or be appropriated by it for other purposes of the Ministry.
[F34(1A) Where the Department proposes to dispose of any land and is of the opinion that it is necessary, in order to facilitate that disposal, to acquire land adjoining that land, then, notwithstanding that the acquisition of that adjoining land is not required for the purposes of [F33health or social care], the Department may acquire by agreement that adjoining land.]
(2) Where the Ministry in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph (1) desires to acquire any land otherwise than by agreement, the Ministry may make an order (in this Article referred to as a “vesting order”) vesting the land in the Ministry.
(3) Schedule 6 to the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 [1972 c.9] shall, subject to the modifications thereof specified in Schedule 7 to this Order, apply for the purposes of the acquisition of land by means of a vesting order made under this Article in the same manner as it applies to the acquisition of land by means of a vesting order under that Act.
(a)which is the property of any public body which has power under any transferred provision to acquire land compulsorily, or
(b)which is declared by or under any transferred provision to be inalienable,
(5) Nothing in this Article shall authorise the Ministry to acquire, without the consent of the Ministry of FinanceF35, any land on or in which there is, to the knowledge of the Ministry, any historic monument or archaeological object.
(6) In paragraph (5), “historic monument” and “archaeological object” have the same meanings as in[F36 the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (Northern Ireland) Order 1995].
F33Words in art. 48(1)(1A) substituted (1.4.2009) by virtue of Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(22); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
F341986 NI 24
F35SR 1976/80
F361995 NI 9
(3) If any person, other than the owner or occupier of the land, knowingly prevents an authorised person from carrying out anything which the authorised person is duly authorised to do or obstructs the authorised person in carrying out any such thing, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding[F37 level 2 on the standard scale].
(4) If any person, being the owner or occupier of land, knowingly prevents an authorised person from duly carrying into effect any survey, valuation or examination of such land or obstructs the authorised person in doing any such survey, valuation or examination, a court of summary jurisdiction on proof thereof may order him to permit to be done on the land all things requisite for carrying into effect such survey, valuation or examination; and, if he fails to comply with the order, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall, for every day during which the failure continues, be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding[F37 level 2 on the standard scale].
[F38Power of inspectionN.I.
50.—(1) Any person authorised by the Department may at any reasonable time enter and inspect any premises (other than premises in respect of which any person is registered under[F39 Part III of the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) 2003]) in which services are, or are proposed to be, provided by any person or body under arrangements made with the Department under this Order.
(8) In this Article “services” includes facilities and accommodation.]
F381992 NI 20
F392003 NI 9
Powers of Ministry where services are inadequateN.I.
51. If the Ministry is satisfied, after such investigation as it thinks fit, that any list prepared under this Order—
(a)of medical practitioners undertaking to provide[F40 primary medical services]; or
(b)of dental practitioners undertaking to provide general dental services; or
(c)of persons undertaking to provide general ophthalmic services; or
(d)of persons undertaking to provide pharmaceutical services; or
(e)of persons undertaking to provide any other services;
is not such as to secure the adequate provision of the services in question, or that for any other reason any considerable number of persons are not receiving satisfactory services under the arrangements in force under this Order [F41or the 2009 Act], the Ministry may authorise a Health and Social Services Board to make such other arrangements as the Ministry may approve, or may itself make such other arrangements as appear to the Ministry to be necessary.
F402004 NI 2
F41Words in art. 51 inserted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(23); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
Powers of Ministry in emergencyN.I.
52.—[F42(1)] If the Ministry is of the opinion that an emergency exists and thinks it necessary to do so in order to secure the effective continuance of any service under[F42 the health and [F43social care] legislation], the Ministry may direct that any functions conferred by or under[F42 the health and [F43social care] legislation] on any body or person shall during the period of the emergency be performed by such other body or person as the Ministry may specify in the direction.
[F44(2) In this Article and Article 53 “the health and [F43social care] legislation” means—
(f)the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.]
[F45(g)the Health Services (Primary Care) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;][F46and
(h)the 2009 Act.]
F421991 NI 1
F43Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(a); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
F441995 NI 2
F451997 NI 7
F46Art. 52(2) and word inserted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(24); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
53.—(1) [F47Where the Department is of opinion, on representations made to it or otherwise, that [F48any body to which this Article applies] has failed to discharge any functions conferred or imposed on it under the health and [F49social care] legislation], or has in carrying out those functions failed to comply with any regulations, schemes, proposals or directions relating thereto, the Ministry may after holding an inquiry make an order declaring it to be in default.
[F50(1A) This Article applies to the following bodies—
(e)special agencies.]
(2) When such an order is made the members of the body shall forthwith vacate their office and the order shall provide for the appointment, in accordance with[F47 the appropriate provisions of the health and [F49social care] legislation], of new members of the body, and may contain such provisions as seem to the Ministry expedient for authorising any person to act in the place of the body in question pending the appointment of the new members.
F471991 NI 1
F48Words in art. 53(1) substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(25); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
F49Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(a); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
F50Art. 53(1A) inserted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(26); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2
Art. 54 rep. by 2005 c. 12