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The General Dental Council (Constitution) (Amendment) Order of Council 2008

S.I. 2008/3238 · Made 16 December 2008

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Health Care And Associated Professions

Dentists

Professions Complementary To Dentistry

Made 16th December 2008

Laid before Parliament 17th December 2008

Coming into force 19th January 2009

Their Lordships make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(2A) and (2B) of the Dentists Act 1984f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1984 c.24; subsections (2A) and (2B), originally inserted by S.I. 2001/3926, were substituted by S.I. 2005/2011.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of article 4 of the General Dental Council (Constitution) Order of Council 2006
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the General Dental Council (Constitution) (Amendment) Order of Council 2008 and comes into force on 19th January 2009.

2Amendment of article 4 of the General Dental Council (Constitution) Order of Council 2006

In article 4 of the General Dental Council (Constitution) Order of Council 2006f1 (tenure of office of members of the Council), for paragraph (2) substitute the following paragraph—

“(2)

The term of office of a member—

(a)

whose term of office—

(i)

prior to the coming into force of the General Dental Council (Constitution) (Amendment) Order of Council 2007f2, would have expired at the end of 9th April 2008, and

(ii)

thereafter but prior to the coming into force of this paragraph, would have expired at the end of 9th April 2009; or

(b)

appointed on or after 9th April 2008 whose term of office, prior to the coming into force of this paragraph, would have expired at the end of 9th April 2009,

shall expire at the end of 9th October 2009.”

Signature

Judith Simpson

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision with regard to the constitution of the General Dental Council. Its effect is to extend the terms of office of the members of the Council which were due to expire at the end of 9th April 2009. They will instead expire at the end of 9th October 2009.