188.—(1) Section 36 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 is amended as follows.
(2) For subsection (8)(a) substitute—
“(a)a position whose normal duties consist wholly or mainly of the direction or oversight of the exercise of the functions of the Department of Health in Northern Ireland that are mentioned in subsection (8A),”.
(3) In subsection (8)(b), for “Health and Social Services trust” substitute “Health and Social Care trust”.
(4) After subsection (8) insert—
“(8A) The functions referred to in subsection (8)(a) are those functions of the Department that relate to, or are exercised in connection with, the social care and children functions of Health and Social Care trusts (within the meaning given by Article 10A of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991).”.