The National Health Service (General Dental Services) Amendment Regulations 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/2501
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Amendment Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st January 1991.

Section 2 Amendment of the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1973

(1) The National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1973 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 26D (amount and time of payments in consequence of suspension):–

(a) in paragraph (1)(a)(i) for “£2,243” there is substituted “£2,478”;

(b) in paragraph (1)(a)(ii) for “£1,121” there is substituted “£1,239”;

(c) in paragraph (1)(b)(i) for “£1,121” there is substituted “£1,239”;

(d) in paragraph (1)(b)(ii) for “£2,243” there is substituted “£2,478”; and

(e) in paragraph (2) for “£117,689” in both places where it occurs there is substituted “£126,755”.

(3) In paragraph 16(2) of Schedule 1 (terms of service for dentists) for head (j) there is substituted the following head:–

(j) palliative treatment that is immediately necessary (including the treatment of sensitive cementum or dentine, the stoning and smoothing of the surface of a tooth, or the provision of a temporary crown);