Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Dental Practice Boards (Personal Dental Services) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st October 1998.

In these Regulations–

• “the Act” means the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997;

• “the Board” has the meaning given in section 17(6) of the Act;

• “pilot patient” means a person who receives personal dental services^f1 under a pilot scheme^f2;

• “pilot scheme provider” means a person, other than an authority^f3, who is a party to a pilot scheme;

• “prior approval system” means a system which requires a pilot scheme provider to submit to an authority for approval a description of the dental treatment a dental practitioner who performs personal dental services is proposing to carry out.