# The Health Services (Primary Care) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, Article 5: Provision of personal dental services under a pilot scheme

Extent: N.I.

(1) This Article applies to any pilot scheme under which personal dental services are provided.
(2) An agreement which constitutes, or is one of the agreements which together constitute, a pilot scheme may be made by the Department only with one or more of the following—
(a) an HSC trust;
(b) a dental practitioner whose name is included in a dental list;
(c) an HSC employee or a pilot scheme employee;
(d) a qualifying body;
(e) an individual who is providing personal dental services under that or another pilot scheme.
(3) In this Article—
“dental list” means a list prepared in accordance with regulations under Article 61(2)(a) of the 1972 Order;
“ HSC employee” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of health care, is employed by—
(a) an HSC trust;
(b) a dental practitioner whose name is included in a dental list; or
(c) a dental practitioner who is providing personal dental services in accordance with a pilot scheme;
“pilot scheme employee” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of personal dental services in accordance with a pilot scheme, is employed by an individual providing those services;
“qualifying body” means—
(a) a body corporate which, in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of the 1984 c. 24. Dentists Act 1984, is entitled to carry on the business of dentistry; or
(b) a company which is limited by shares all of which are legally and beneficially owned by persons falling within sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (e) of paragraph (2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1997/1177/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-services-primary-care-northern-ireland-order-1997/article-5
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