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The Dentists Act 1984 (Medical Authorities) (No. 2) Order 2014

S.I. 2014/1981 · Made 14 July 2014

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Health Care And Associated Professions

Dentists

Made 14th July 2014

Coming into force 15th July 2014

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 14th day of July 2014

By the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council

Their Lordships make the following order in exercise of the powers conferred by article 7(4)(b) of the Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments and Practitioner Psychologists) Order 2009f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2009/1182, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Designation of Cardiff University
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Dentists Act 1984 (Medical Authorities) (No. 2) Order 2014 and comes into force on 15th July 2014.

2Designation of Cardiff University

Cardiff University is designated for the purposes of article 7(4)(b) of the Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments and Practitioner Psychologists) Order 2009 and accordingly is a “medical authority” for the purposes of section 3 of the Dentists Act 1984f1 (power of medical authorities to hold examinations and grant licences in dentistry).

Signature

Richard Tilbrook

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates Cardiff University as a medical authority which is authorised to hold examinations in dentistry and grant licences certifying the fitness of the holders to practise dentistry. This will enable persons who have passed such examinations held by Cardiff University or who hold licences it has granted as a medical authority, to be registered on the General Dental Council’s register of dentists provided that a person’s fitness to practise is not impaired and the appropriate fees have been paid.