The Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being (Membership) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
These regulations make provision concerning the membership of the Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being established under the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009. They prescribe that 5 persons shall be appointed to the Agency by the Department (regulation 2(1)) and that 1 officer shall be appointed by the Chair and other specified members of the Agency (regulation 2(3)). The regulations also prescribe that the Director of Public Health and the Director of Nursing and Allied Health Professions shall be Agency members (regulation 2(2)) and that 2 district councillors shall be members of the Agency (regulation 2(4)). They also make provision relating to joint officer appointments, the appointment of district councillors 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 content of the Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being’s annual report.