{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dentists-act-1984/section-16A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dentists-act-1984/section-16A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/24",
  "legislation_title": "Dentists Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dentists-act-1984",
  "path": "section/16A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16A",
  "heading": "Requisite knowledge and skill: holders of overseas diplomas",
  "text": "(1) Rules may make provision for the purpose of determining whether a person who holds an overseas diploma in dentistry has the requisite knowledge and skill mentioned in section 15(1)(c)(ii).\n(2) Rules made by virtue of subsection (1) may (in particular) make provision—\n(a) requiring the person to undertake an assessment;\n(b) imposing such other requirements on the person as the Council considers appropriate;\n(c) enabling the Council to require the payment of fees for the purpose of meeting expenses incurred, or to be incurred, by the Council in determining whether the person has the requisite knowledge and skill.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 16A, 16B inserted (8.3.2023) by The Dentists, Dental Care Professionals, Nurses, Nursing Associates and Midwives (International Registrations) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/162), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 3(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/24/section/16A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:03:03.871540+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}