# The General Dental Services and Personal Dental Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (Wales) Order 2006, Article 31: Interpretation


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(1) In this Part—
“the Service Committees Regulations” means the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1992;
“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—
(a) a general dental services contract with—
(i) a dentist who is the subject of the allegation,
(ii) a partnership, where a dentist who is the subject of the allegation is a partner, or
(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
(b) a personal dental services agreement with—
(i) a dentist who is the subject of the allegation, or
(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;
“relevant contractor” means a party to a general dental services contract or personal dental services agreement with a contracting LHB, where that contractor is—
(a) a dentist who is the subject of the allegation;
(b) a partnership, where a dentist who is or was the subject of the allegation is a partner in that partnership; or
(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.
(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Part to—
(a) a numbered regulation is to the regulation bearing that number in the Service Committees Regulations; and
(b) a numbered Schedule is to the Schedule to the Service Committees Regulations bearing that number.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2006/946/article/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-dental-services-and-personal-dental-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-wales-order-2006/article-31
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