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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to the General Dental Council Continuing Professional Development Committee (Procedure) Rules 2003.

The Rules provide for the procedure for appeals against a decision of the registrar of the General Dental Council—

(a)

to erase a registered dentist’s name from the register for failure to comply with the Council’s continuing professional development requirements made under section 34A of the Dentists Act 1984 (“the Act”); or

(b)

to refuse to restore a name to the register under section 34B of the Act on the ground that he has not met the Council’s continuing professional development requirements or other requirements relevant under section 15(3)(a) to (c) of the Act.