
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Working Time (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2009.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
2 
In regulation 25A (doctors in training) of the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998–
(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—“
(1) Paragraph (1) of regulation 4 is modified in its application to workers to whom this paragraph applies by substituting for the reference to 48 hours a reference to 52 hours with effect from 1st August 2009 until 31st July 2011.
(1A) Paragraph (1) applies to workers who are doctors in training who are employed—
(a) by an employer who is listed in column 1 of the table contained in Schedule 2A,
(b) at a place listed in column 2 of that table in respect of that employer,
(c) to provide at that place one of the specialist services listed in column 3 of that table in respect of that place, and
(d) in one of the grades listed in column 4 of that table in respect of that specialist service and, where applicable, working as part of a rota referred to in that column in respect of that grade, or those grades.”
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After Schedule 2 (Workers employed in agriculture) of the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 insert—“
SCHEDULE 2A
Regulation 25A(1A)


Column 1Employer Column 2Place Column 3Specialist Services Column 4Grade and,where applicable, rota
Western Health and Social Care Trust Erne Hospital Surgery CT1/LAT/CT2
  Paediatrics FTSTA/LAT
Belfast Health andSocial Care Trust Belfast City Hospital Anaesthetics ST3+
  Ear, Nose and Throat CT1-2/ST1-2/F2/FTSTA
 Mater Hospital Anaesthetics ST3+/ ST1-2/CT1-2/FTSTA
 Royal Victoria Hospital Neurosurgery ST3+
  Fractures F1
  Fractures F2/CT1-2/ST1-2/FTSTA
  Cardiology F2/CT1-3/ST1-2/FTSTA
Northern Health and Social Care Trust Mid Ulster Hospital Medicine/Surgery F1
 Antrim Hospital General Surgery F2/ST1-2
  General Surgery SpR/ST3
Southern Health and Social Care Trust Craigavon Area Hospital Obstetrics and Gynaecology SpR
  Anaesthetics SpR
South Eastern Healthand Social Care Trust Ulster Hospital Obstetrics and Gynaecology SpR/ST3
  General Surgery F2/ST1”
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 10th July 2009
Dr Patrick Woods
A senior officer of the
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
