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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-dental-council-registration-appeals-rules-order-of-council-2006/schedule/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1668",
  "legislation_title": "The General Dental Council (Registration Appeals) Rules Order of Council 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-dental-council-registration-appeals-rules-order-of-council-2006",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Rules—\n“the Act” means the Dentists Act 1984;\n“appeal” means an appeal which is made to the Committee against an appealable registration decision under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 2A to the Act (registration appeals: dentists register) or paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 4A to the Act (registration appeals: dental care professionals register);\n“appellant” means a person making or wishing to make an appeal;\n“Committee” means the Registration Appeals Committee;\n“Hearings Director” means the person authorised by the registrar to discharge the functions of the registrar in relation to the Committee;\n“notice of appeal” shall be construed in accordance with rule 3; and\n“party” means—\n(a) the appellant; or\n(b) the registrar.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See paragraph 1 of Schedules 2A and 4A to the Act for the construction of “appealable registration decision” ."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Schedule 2A to the Act was inserted by S.I. 2005/2011."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Schedule 4A to the Act was inserted by S.I. 2005/2011."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1668/schedule/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:26:59.208564+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."
}