Article 31 Interpretation

In this Part—

• “the Service Committees Regulations” means the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1992^f1;

• “amendments” in respect of any regulation or regulations in the Service Committees Regulations means amendments made to that regulation or those regulations by paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to this Order;

• “appropriate LHB” has the same meaning as “appropriate Health Authority” in the Service Committees Regulations;

• “contracting LHB” means a Local Health Board that has entered into—

  1. (a)

     a general dental services contract with—

     1. (i)

        a dentist who is the subject of the allegation,

     2. (ii)

        a partnership, where a dentist who is the subject of the allegation is a partner, or

     3. (iii)

        a dental corporation, where a dentist who is the subject of the allegation is a director, chief executive or secretary of that corporation; or

  2. (b)

     a personal dental services agreement with—

     1. (i)

        a dentist who is the subject of the allegation, or

     2. (ii)

        a qualifying body, where a dentist who is the subject of the allegation is a director, chief executive or secretary of that body;

• “dentist” has the same meaning as in the Service Committees Regulations;

• “the Performers List LHB” means the Local Health Board in whose dental performers list the dentist’s name appears on 1 April 2006;

• “Performers Lists Regulations” means the National Health Service (Performers Lists) (Wales) Regulations 2004^f2;

• “relevant contractor” means a party to a general dental services contract or personal dental services agreement with a contracting LHB, where that contractor is—

  1. (a)

     a dentist who is the subject of the allegation;

  2. (b)

     a partnership, where a dentist who is or was the subject of the allegation is a partner in that partnership; or

  3. (c)

     a dental corporation or qualifying body, where a dentist who is or was the subject of the allegation is a director, chief executive or secretary of that corporation or body; and

• “relevant date” means 1 April 2006.

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Part to—