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Disqualification by the Tribunal

11.  Schedule 1 amends Schedule 11 to the Order of 1972 (disqualification of persons providing Part 6 services).

Other amendments relating to health services

Charges for services provided to persons not ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland

12.  In Article 42 of the Order of 1972 (provision of services to persons not ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland)—

(a) in paragraph (2), for “such exemptions as may be prescribed” substitute “paragraph (3)”; and

(b) after that paragraph add—

“(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.”.

Retirement of practitioners

13.  Article 4 of the Health and Medicines (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (NI 24) (retirement of practitioners) shall cease to have effect.

Minor and consequential amendments

14.—(1) The following minor and consequential amendments of the Order of 1972 shall have effect.

(2) In Article 2(2) (interpretation), at the appropriate place alphabetically, insert—

““general dental services contract” has the meaning given in Article 61(2);”.

(3) In Article 15C(1)(b)(iii) (persons with whom arrangements under Article 15B may be made), for “Article 17C” substitute “section 17C”.

(4) In Schedule 15 (charges in respect of certain services), in paragraph 1(a)—

(a) in paragraph (i), for “general” substitute “relevant”, and

(b) in paragraphs (ii) and (iii) for “charges under Article 61(2)(d)” substitute “charges for relevant dental services”.

Supplementary

Interpretation

15.  In this Act—

“the Department” means the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety;

“the Order of 1972” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (NI 14).

Supplementary provision

16.—(1) The Department may by order make such transitional or transitory provisions and savings as it considers appropriate in connection with the coming into operation of any provision of this Act.

(2) Nothing in section 3 restricts the power under subsection (1) to make other transitional provisions.

(3) The Department may by order make such supplementary, incidental, or consequential provision as it considers appropriate for the purposes of, in consequence of or for giving full effect to any provision of this Act.

(4) An order under subsection (1) or (3) may modify any statutory provision.

(5) In subsection (4)—

“modify” includes add to, omit and amend; and

“statutory provision” has the meaning given in section 1(1)(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33).

(6) An order made under this section shall be subject to negative resolution.

Repeals

17.  The statutory provisions set out in Schedule 2 are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the second column of that Schedule.

Commencement

18.—(1) The following provisions come into operation on the expiration of the period of one month from the date on which this Act receives Royal Assent—

(a) sections 1, 8 to 13 and 14(4);

(b) Schedule 1;

(c) Part 1 of Schedule 2, and section 17 so far as it relates thereto.

(2) The following provisions come into operation on such day or days as the Department may by order appoint—

(a) sections 2 to 7 and 14(1) to (3);

(b) Part 2 of Schedule 2, and section 17 so far as it relates thereto.

Short title

19.  This Act may be cited as the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.