s 50D Rules: consultation requirements
(1) Before making rules under section 16A(1), 16B(3), 36CB(1) or 36CC(3) or Schedule 3 or 4B, the Council shall consult— (a) such persons to whom subsection (2) applies as the Council consider appropriate; (b) the bodies within subsection (4); and (c) such bodies to which subsection (5) applies as the Council consider appropriate. (2) This subsection applies to persons who appear to the Council to be representative of one or more of the following— (a) users of the services of registered dentists; (b) users of the services of registered dental care professionals; (c) registered dentists; (d) registered dental care professionals; (e) employers of registered dentists; and (f) employers of registered dental care professionals. (3) The Council shall exercise their function under subsection (1)(a) so that the persons consulted are, taken together, representative of all the categories of person mentioned in subsection (2)(a) to (f). (4) The bodies within this subsection are— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) Local Health Boards in Wales; (c) Health Boards in Scotland; ... (d) Health and Social Care trusts in Northern Ireland ; and (e) the Department of Health in Northern Ireland. (5) This subsection applies to bodies which make arrangements, for the provision of dental services, with one or both of the following— (a) registered dentists, (b) registered dental care professionals, but are not within subsection (4). (6) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to rules made under Schedule 3 as applied (with modifications) by section 44A (supplementary provisions relating to financial penalties in relation to bodies corporate), but before making such rules the Council shall consult— (a) the bodies corporate which carry on the business of dentistry; and (b) such organisations appearing to the Council to be representative of users of the services of those bodies corporate as the Council consider appropriate.