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Article 55 Recognition of Local Dental Committees, Local Optical Committees and Local Pharmaceutical CommitteesF1F14

Northern Ireland

Para. (1) rep. by 2004 NI 2

(2)

F2The Department may recognise a committee formed for F3an area which it is satisfied is representative of—

(a)

the dental practitioners providing general dental services in that area;

(b)

those dental practitioners and the deputy dental practitioners for that area; or

(c)

the dental practitioners mentioned in—

(i)

sub-paragraph (a); or

(ii)

sub-paragraph (b),

and the Article 15B dental practitioners for that area,

and any committee so recognised shall be called the Local Dental Committee for the area.

(3)

Where F4the Department is satisfied that a committee formed for F5an area is representative—

(a)

of the F6ophthalmic medical practitioners and ophthalmic opticians providing general ophthalmic services in that area, or

(b)

of the persons providing pharmaceutical services in that area,

the Department may recognise that committee; and any committee so recognised shall be called the Local Optical Committee or the Local Pharmaceutical Committee, as the case may be, for the area concerned.

(4)

Any committee recognised under this Article may with the approval of F7the Department delegate any of its functions, with or without restrictions or conditions, to sub-committees composed of members of that committee.

(5)

For the purposes of this Article and Article 55A, a person who meets the condition in paragraph (6)—

Sub-paras. (a) and (b) rep. by 2004 NI 2

(c)

is a deputy dental practitioner for F8an area if he is a dental practitioner who assists a dental practitioner providing general dental services in that area in the provision of those services F9. . . ;

(d)

is an Article 15B dental practitioner for F10an area if he is a dental practitioner who provides or performs personal dental services in accordance with arrangements made under Article 15B by F11the Department (whether with himself or another).

(6)

The condition referred to in paragraph (5) is that the person concerned has notified F12the Department that he wishes to be represented under this Article by the appropriate committee for F13the area (and has not notified it that he wishes to cease to be so represented).

(7)

For the purposes of paragraph (5)—

(a)

a person is to be treated as assisting a. . . dental practitioner in the provision of services if he is employed by that practitioner for that purpose or if he acts as his deputy in providing those services; F15. . .

(b)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

2001 c. 3 (NI)

F2

Words in art. 55(2) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 19(2); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)

F3

Words in art. 55(2) substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(27)(a); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

F4

Words in art. 55(3) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 19(3); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)

F5

Words in art. 55(3) substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(27)(a); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

F6

Words in art. 55(3)(a) inserted (26.3.2008) by Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 2), ss. 9, 18(1)(a)

F7

Words in art. 55(4) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 19(4); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)

F8

Words in art. 55(5)(c) substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(27)(b)(i); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

F9

Words in art. 55(5)(c) repealed (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(27)(b)(ii), Sch. 7; S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

F10

Words in art. 55(5)(d) substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(27)(c); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

F11

Words in art. 55(5) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 19(4); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)

F12

Words in art. 55(6) substituted (1.4.2022) by Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3), s. 8(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 19(4); S.R. 2022/102, art. 2(b)

F13

Words in art. 55(6) substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(27)(d); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

F14

2004 NI 2

F15

Art. 55(7)(b) and word repealed (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(27)(e), Sch. 7; S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

F16

Art. 55(7)(b) and word repealed (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), s. 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 3(27)(e), Sch. 7; S.R. 2009/114, art. 2