List of bodies we regulate

The Commissioner regulates appointments to the following bodies.

Department of Agriculture, Environment & Rural Affairs (DAERA)

  • Agricultural Wages Board for Northern Ireland
  • Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI)
  • Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside (CNCC)
  • Fishery Harbour Authority (Northern Ireland)
  • Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland (LMC)

Department for Communities (DfC)

  • Architecture & Built Environment Ministerial Advisory Group for Northern Ireland
  • Armagh Observatory & Planetarium Board of Governors
  • Armagh Observatory & Planetarium Management Committee
  • Arts Council of Northern Ireland
  • Charities Advisory Committee
  • Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
  • Historic Buildings Council
  • Historic Monuments Council
  • Libraries Northern Ireland
  • Local Government Staff Commission
  • National Museums Northern Ireland (NMNI)
  • Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC)
  • Northern Ireland Museums Council
  • Northern Ireland Housing Executive Board
  • Sport Northern Ireland
  • Ulster Supported Employment Ltd (USEL)

Department of Education (DE)

  • Comhairle Na Gaelscolaíochta
  • Council for Catholic Maintained Schools
  • Diocesan Education Committees of the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools
  • Education Authority
  • General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland
  • Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education
  • Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA)
  • Youth Council for Northern Ireland

Department for the Economy (DfE)

  • Certification Officer for Northern Ireland
  • Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)
  • Consumer Council for Northern Ireland
  • Further Education Colleges:
    • Belfast Metropolitan College
    • Northern Regional College
    • North West Regional College
    • South Eastern Regional College
    • Southern Regional College
    • South West College
  • Health & Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
  • Invest Northern Ireland
  • Labour Relations Agency (LRA)
  • Northern Ireland Screen
  • St Mary's University College
  • Stranmillis University College
  • Tourism Northern Ireland

Department of Finance (DoF)

  • Legal Services Oversight Commissoner
  • Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation
  • Northern Ireland Building Regulations Advisory Committee
  • Northern Ireland Statistics Advisory Committee

Department for Infrastructure (DfI)

  • Belfast Harbour Commissioners
  • Drainage Council for Northern Ireland
  • Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners
  • Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (Translink)
  • Northern Ireland Water
  • Warrenpoint Harbour Authority

 Department of Health (DoH)

  • Business Services Organisation (BSO)
  • Children's Court Guardian Agency for NI (CCGANI)
  • Health and Social Care Trusts
    • Belfast HSC Trust (BHSCT)
    • Western HSC Trust (WHSCT)
    • Southern HSC Trust (SHSCT)
    • Northern HSC Trust (NHSCT)
    • South Eastern HSC Trust (SEHSCT)
    • Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust (NIAST)
  • Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service (NIBTS) 
  • Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS)
  • Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency (NIMDTA)
  • Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery (NIPEC)
  • Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC)
  • Patient and Client Council
  • Public Health Agency (PHA)
  • Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA)
  • Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland

Department of Justice (DOJ)

  • Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI)
  • Independent Assessor of Police Service of Northern Ireland Recruitment Vetting
  • Independent Reviewer Criminal Record Certificates
  • Northern Ireland Law Commission
  • Northern Ireland Policing Board (NIPB)
  • Northern Ireland Police Fund (NIPF)
  • Police Retraining and Rehabilitation Trust (PRRT)
  • Probation Board Northern Ireland (PBNI)
  • Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation

The Executive Office

  • Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY)
  • Commissioner for Older People
  • Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland
  • Maze/Long Kesh Development Corporation
  • Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission (Lay Member) (NIJAC)
  • Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
  • Strategic Investment Board Limited (SIB)
  • Irish Language Commissioner
  • Commissioner for the Ulster-Scots and the Ulster-British Tradition
  • Office of Identity and Cultural Expression