# General Dental Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993, Regulation 24: Interpretation


In this Part—
(a) “claimant” means a person claiming to be entitled to, or receiving, payments;
“erasure” means the erasure of a person's name from the register;
“fees” does not include remuneration by way of salary;
“immediate suspension” means suspension by virtue of an order under section 30(3) of the Dentists Act except suspension which is terminated by the court under section 30(6) of that Act;
“interim suspension order” means an order under section 32 of the Dentists Act;
“payment” means a payment under this Part;
“register” means the register kept under section 14 of the Dentists Act and “registration” means registration in that register;
“suspension date” means the date on which suspension of a person's registration takes effect;
(b) a reference to a direction or an order of the Health Committee is to a direction or an order of that Committee under the Dentists Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1993/326/regulation/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-dental-services-regulations-northern-ireland-1993/regulation-24
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