The Regional Health and Social Care Board (Membership) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
These regulations make provision concerning the membership of the Regional Health and Social Care Board established under the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009. They prescribe that 7 persons shall be appointed to the Board by the Department (regulation 2(1)) and that 2 officers shall be appointed by the Chair and other specified members of the Board (regulation 2(3)). The regulations also prescribe that the Director of Social Care and Children and the Director of Finance will be Board members (regulation 2(2)), make provision relating to joint officer appointments and provide for the disqualification and cessation of disqualification for appointment of persons appointed by the Department under these regulations. In addition, the regulations prescribe the content of the Regional Health and Social Care Board’s annual report.