The National Health Service (Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/569
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

(2) In these Regulations, a reference to “the principal Regulations” is to the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1974 .

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 4(1) of the principal Regulations (dental list), at the end of paragraph (1)(b) the full stop is deleted and there is inserted the following:—

; or

regulation 4A.

Section 3 Insertion of regulation 4A into the principal Regulations

After regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (dental list) there is inserted the following regulation:—

Restrictions on the right to be included in a dental list

(4A) A dentist shall not be entitled to have his name included in the dental list prepared by any Health Board if he has previously withdrawn his name from that or any other dental list or any list prepared pursuant to section 36(1)(a) of the National Health Service Act 1977 in the circumstances where the Secretary of State has certified for the purposes of regulation 10(4) of the National Health Service (Superannuation) (Scotland) Regulations 1980 or, as the case may be, regulation 8(7) of the National Health Service (Superannuation) Regulations 1980 that, in the interests of the efficiency of general dental services, he should cease to provide such services.

Section 4 Amendment of regulation 26 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 26(1) of the principal Regulations (statement of dental remuneration) after determination VII (postgraduate education allowances) there is added the following determination:—

VIII Reimbursement of non-domestic rates.

Section 5 Amendment of regulation 27 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 27 of the principal Regulations (approval of payments), for the words “and VII” in paragraph (1C) there are substituted the words “, VII and VIII”.

Section 6 Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

In paragraph 37(10) of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (deputies and assistants), the words “or section 8(2) of the Health and Medicines Act 1988 ” are omitted.

Section 7 Amendment of the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 1989

(1) The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 4 (calculation of charges)—

(a) in paragraph (4) after the words “Health Board”—

(i) in the first place where they occur there are inserted the words “or NHS trust”; and

(ii) in the second place where they occur there are inserted the words “,NHS trust”; and

(b) in paragraph (5) for “£150” in each place where it occurs there is substituted “£200”.

(3) In regulation 5 (conditions for exemption under the Act)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(b) after the words “Secretary of State” there are inserted the words “or an NHS trust”; and

(b) in paragraph (4) after the words “Secretary of State” there are inserted the words “, the NHS trust”.

(4) In regulation 6(1) (making and recovery of charges) for the words “or Health Board” there are substituted the words “, Health Board or NHS trust”.

(5) In regulation 8(1) (charges for more expensive supplies and repairs) —

(a) after the words “Secretary of State” there are inserted the words “or NHS trust”; and

(b) for the words “he may” there are substituted the words “he or, as the case may be, the trust may”.