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| | (b) | for enabling authorities affected by section 87(1) arrangements |
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| | to decide whether to propose to the Secretary of State that they |
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| | (2) | The regulations must make provision requiring the Secretary of State to |
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| | give notice under section 87C(7) to a water undertaker to terminate |
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| | section 87(1) arrangements entered into by the undertaker if— |
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| | (a) | the outcome of arrangements made by virtue of subsection (1)(b) |
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| | is that the affected authorities decide not to propose that the |
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| | section 87(1) arrangements be maintained, and |
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| | (b) | the Secretary of State is satisfied that any requirements imposed |
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| | by regulations under subsection (1), as to the arrangements to be |
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| | made for the purposes mentioned in that subsection, have been |
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| | |
| | (3) | Subsection (2)(b) does not require the Secretary of State to consider the |
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| | adequacy of any steps taken for the purposes of complying with any |
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| | requirement to consult or to ascertain opinion which is imposed by |
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| | regulations made under subsection (1). |
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| | (4) | The provision that may be made by regulations under subsection (1) (as |
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| | to the arrangements to be made for the purposes mentioned in that |
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| | subsection) includes provision corresponding, or similar, to any |
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| | requirements imposed by or under sections 88K to 88M.”’. |
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| | Fluoridation of water supplies: transitional provision |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | In relation to any time on or after the commencement of section (Fluoridation of |
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| | water supplies), any relevant arrangements which have effect immediately before |
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| | its commencement are to be treated for the purposes of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of the |
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| | Water Industry Act 1991 as if they were arrangements entered into by the water |
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| | undertaker with the Secretary of State under section 87(1) of that Act. |
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| | (2) | In subsection (1) “relevant arrangements” means— |
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| | (a) | any arrangements entered into by a water undertaker with a Strategic |
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| | Health Authority under section 87(1) of the Water Industry Act 1991, and |
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| | (b) | any arrangements which are treated as arrangements falling within |
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| | paragraph (a) by virtue of section 91 of that Act (as it had effect |
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| | immediately before the commencement of this section). |
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| | (3) | In its application to arrangements which are treated by virtue of subsection (1) as |
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| | arrangements entered into by a water undertaker with the Secretary of State under |
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| | section 87(1) of the Water Industry Act 1991, section 88H of that Act applies as |
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| | if for subsection (3) there were substituted— |
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| | “(3) | The amount to be paid by each of the affected local authorities is to be |
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| | determined by agreement between the local authorities.”. |
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| | (4) | Section 91 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (pre-1985 fluoridation schemes) |
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| | ceases to have effect in relation to arrangements which are (by virtue of |
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| | subsection (1)) treated as if they were arrangements entered into by a water |
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| | undertaker with the Secretary of State under section 87(1) of that Act.’. |
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| | Special notices of births and deaths |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Section 269 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (special notices of births and |
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| | deaths) is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | For subsection (2) substitute— |
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| | “(2) | Each registrar of births and deaths must furnish to such relevant body or |
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| | bodies as may be determined in accordance with regulations the |
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| | particulars of such births or deaths entered in a register of births or deaths |
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| | kept for the registrar’s sub-district as may be prescribed.” |
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| | (3) | In subsection (4) for “the Primary Care Trust for the area in which the birth takes |
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| | place” substitute “such relevant body or bodies as may be determined in |
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| | accordance with regulations”. |
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| | (a) | after “under subsection (4)” insert “to a relevant body”, and |
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| | (b) | for “the Primary Care Trust” (in each place where it occurs) substitute |
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| | (a) | for “A Primary Care Trust” substitute “A relevant body to whom notice |
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| | is required to be given under subsection (4)”, and |
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| | (b) | for “any medical practitioner or midwife residing or practising within its |
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| | area” substitute “such descriptions of medical practitioners or midwives |
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| | (6) | In subsection (9) for “the Primary Care Trust concerned” substitute “the relevant |
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| | body or bodies to whom the failure relates”. |
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| | (7) | In subsection (10), in paragraph (a) for “a Primary Care Trust” substitute “a |
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| | |
| | (8) | After subsection (10) insert— |
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| | “(11) | For the purposes of this section, the following are relevant bodies— |
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| | (a) | the National Health Service Commissioning Board, |
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| | (b) | commissioning consortia, |
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| | (12) | Information received by a local authority by virtue of this section may be |
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| | used by it only for the purposes of functions exercisable by it in relation |
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| | (13) | In this section, “local authority” has the same meaning as in section 2B.” |
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| | (9) | Until the commencement of section 29, section 269(11) of the National Health |
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| | Service Act 2006 has effect as if Primary Care Trusts were included in the list of |
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| | bodies that are relevant bodies for the purposes of that section.’. |
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| | Provision of information by Registrar General for health service purposes |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Section 270 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (provision of information by |
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| | Registrar General) is amended as follows. |
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| | |
| | (a) | for “the Secretary of State” substitute “any of the following persons”, and |
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| | |
| | (a) | the Secretary of State, |
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| | (c) | a commissioning consortium, |
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| | (e) | the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, |
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| | (f) | the Health and Social Care Information Centre, |
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| | (g) | a Special Health Authority which has functions that are |
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| | exercisable in relation to England, |
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| | (h) | the Care Quality Commission, and |
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| | (i) | such other persons as the Secretary of State may specify |
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| | (a) | for “the Secretary of State” substitute “the person to whom the |
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| | information is provided”, and |
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| | (b) | for “his functions” substitute “functions exercisable by the person”. |
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| | (4) | After subsection (4) insert— |
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| | “(5) | In this section, “local authority” has the same meaning as in section |
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| | Provision of information by Registrar General for health service purposes: Wales |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Section 201 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (provision of |
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| | information by Registrar General) is amended as follows. |
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| | |
| | (a) | for “the Welsh Ministers” substitute “any of the following persons”, and |
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| | (b) | a Special Health Authority which has functions that are |
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| | exercisable in relation to Wales, |
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| | (c) | a Local Health Board, |
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| | (d) | an NHS trust established under section 18, and |
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| | (e) | such other persons as the Welsh Ministers may specify |
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| | (a) | for “the Welsh Ministers” substitute “the person to whom the information |
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| | (b) | for “their functions” substitute “functions exercisable by the person”.’. |
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| | Provision of statistical information by Statistics Board for health service purposes |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Section 42 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (information |
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| | relating to births and deaths etc) is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | For subsection (4) substitute— |
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| | “(4) | The Board may disclose to a person mentioned in subsection (4A) any |
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| | information referred to in subsection (2)(a) to (c) which is received by the |
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| | Board under this section, or any information which is produced by the |
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| | Board by analysing any such information, if— |
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| | (a) | the information consists of statistics and is disclosed for the |
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| | purpose of assisting the person in the performance of functions |
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| | exercisable by it in relation to the health service, or |
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| | (b) | the information is disclosed for the purpose of assisting the |
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| | person to produce or to analyse statistics for the purpose of |
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| | assisting the person, or any other person mentioned in subsection |
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| | (4A), in the performance of functions exercisable by it in relation |
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| | (a) | the Secretary of State, |
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| | (c) | the National Health Service Commissioning Board, |
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| | (d) | a commissioning consortium, |
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| | (f) | a Local Health Board, |
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| | (g) | an NHS trust established under section 18 of the National Health |
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| | Service (Wales) Act 2006, |
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| | (h) | the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, |
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| | (i) | the Health and Social Care Information Centre, |
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| | (j) | a Special Health Authority, |
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| | (k) | the Care Quality Commission, and |
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| | (l) | such other persons as the appropriate authority may specify in a |
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| | direction given for the purposes of this section. |
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| | (4B) | For the purposes of subsection (4A)(l), the appropriate authority is— |
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| | (a) | in relation to a direction to be given for purposes relating only to |
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| | Wales, the Welsh Ministers, and |
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| | (b) | in any other case, the Secretary of State.” |
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| | (3) | After subsection (5) insert— |
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| | “(5A) | A direction under subsection (4A)(l) must be given by an instrument in |
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| | (5B) | Sections 272(7) and 273(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006 |
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| | apply in relation to the power of the Secretary of State to give a direction |
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| | under subsection (4A)(l) as they apply in relation to powers to give a |
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| | direction under that Act. |
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| | (5C) | Sections 203(9) and 204(1) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act |
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| | 2006 apply in relation to the power of the Welsh Ministers to give a |
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| | direction under subsection (4A)(l) as they apply in relation to powers to |
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| | give a direction under that Act.” |
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| | (4) | After subsection (6) insert— |
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| | |
| | “commissioning consortium” and “Special Health Authority” have the |
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| | same meaning as in the National Health Service Act 2006; |
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| | “local authority” has the same meaning as in section 2B of that Act of |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | After section 1C of the National Health Service Act 2006 insert— |
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| | 1D | Public Health England and its functions |
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| | (1) | There is a body to be known as Public Health England (“PHE”). |
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| | (2) | The PHE shall exercise such functions of the Secretary of State under this |
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| | Act as may be prescribed. |
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| | (3) | The Secretary of State may make regulations in relation to PHE about— |
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| | (b) | its membership and its members; |
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| | (d) | committees, procedures and exercise of functions; |
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| | (e) | provision of information; |
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| | (g) | its seal and evidence. |
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| | (4) | The Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe health-related |
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| | functions of the Secretary of State (other than functions under the |
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| | National Health Service Act 2006) which are to be exercisable by Public |
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| | |
| | (5) | In subsection (4), “health-related functions” means functions related |
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| | either directly or indirectly to the health of the public.’. |
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| | Negatived on division NC5 |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘There will be a Chief Social Worker— |
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| | (a) | to report to and advise Ministers, |
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| | (b) | to make an annual report to Parliament on the state of social work in |
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| | (c) | to work in close co-operation with the College of Social Work, the Social |
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| | Work and Health Professions Council, the Professional Standards |
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| | Authority for Health and Social Care, the National Institute for Health |
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| | and Care Excellence, inspectors and employers.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | There will be statutory guidance and regulation to ensure that Government and |
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| | Local Government, the Chief Social Worker, the Social Work and Health |
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| | Professions Council, inspectors and employers consult with and respond to the |
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| | advice offered by the College of Social Work. |
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| | (2) | The statutory entitlements of the College of Social Work will be dependent on its |
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| | ability to demonstrate every four years that it has 51 per cent. of registered social |
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| | workers in membership; if it fails to do so its statutory role will be suspended for |
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| | 12 months and thereafter indefinitely until this can be rectified.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘In section 61 of the Care Standards Act 2000, after subsection (1) insert— |
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| | (a) | Any organisation which employs individuals to undertake the |
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| | functions and roles of a social worker must ensure that any |
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| | individuals occupying such posts are appropriately qualified and |
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| | registered as a social worker. |
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| | (b) | All qualified and registered social workers should operate at all |
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| | times within the International Ethical Principles for Social |
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| | Northern Ireland Assembly and Legislative Consent |
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| | Negatived on division NC17 |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘In section 62 of the Health Act 1999 (regulation of health care professions etc.), |
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| | after subsection (10), insert— |
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| | “(10A) | But if any provision made by an Order in Council under that section |
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| | would, if it were included in an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly, be |
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| | within the legislative competence of that Assembly, no recommendation |
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| | is to be made to Her Majesty to make the Order unless a draft— |
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| | (a) | has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House |
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| | (b) | has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Northern |
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| | Assessed and supported year in employment for newly qualified social workers |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘In section 60 of the Health Act 1999 (regulation of health care professions etc.), |
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| | in subsection (1), after paragraph (e) insert— |
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