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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations further amend the Health and Personal Social Services General Dental Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (“the principal Regulations”) which regulate the terms on which general dental services are provided under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.

Regulation 2 (2) amends the Table in regulation 19(1) of the principal Regulations to add General professional training allowances and paternity payments and adoption leave payments to matters in relation to which a determination on dental remuneration may be made.

Regulation 2(3) amends Schedule 5 to the principal Regulations to increase (from £270 to £280) the amount specified as the maximum cost, or likely cost, of care and treatment which a dentist may undertake without seeking the prior approval of the Dental Committee.