Subsection (1) outlines the matters within the remit of the Body, namely the following:
the remuneration of relevant social care workers, or of relevant social care workers of a specified description;
the terms and conditions of employment for social care workers. or of social care workers of a specified description; and,
any other matters relating to the employment of a social care worker, or of social care workers of a specified description.
this means that once the Body has been established, its remit will be (a) remuneration and (b) terms and conditions of employment of social care workers (or those of a specified description). Subsection (c) also provides the power to add other matters to the Body’s remit; these additional matters are confined to "matters relating to employment as a social care worker, or a social care worker of a specified description". Regulations may be made to confine the remit to social care workers of a specified description.
	Subsection (2) defines:
"relevant social care worker" in relation to a particular Negotiating Body, as a social care worker employed in or in connection with the provision of social care in the area for which that Negotiating Body is established;
"specified" as being specified in regulations made by the appropriate authority.
Part 3: Pay and Conditions in Particular Sectors The Social Care Negotiating Bodies Section 41: Matters within Negotiating Body’s remit