{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-dental-council-professions-complementary-to-dentistry-regulations-order-of-council-2006/schedule/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-dental-council-professions-complementary-to-dentistry-regulations-order-of-council-2006/schedule/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1440",
  "legislation_title": "The General Dental Council (Professions Complementary to Dentistry) Regulations Order of Council 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-dental-council-professions-complementary-to-dentistry-regulations-order-of-council-2006",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Transitional provision applying to dental nurses and dental technicians: use of title",
  "text": "Notwithstanding section 39(2A) of the Act (prohibition on use of practitioners' titles by laymen), it shall not be an offence—\n(a) for a person who is not registered in the dental care professionals register under the title of dental nurse or dental surgery assistant to take or use the title of dental nurse or dental surgery assistant, or\n(b) for a person who is not registered in the dental care professionals register under the title of dental technician or dental technologist to take or use the title of dental technician or dental technologist,\nwithin the period of two years beginning with the appointed day.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 39 was amended by S.I. 1996/1496 and 2005/2011."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1440/schedule/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:28:20.603559+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."
}