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The National Health Service (General Dental Services) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1989

S.I. 1989/1629 · Made 7 September 1989

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 7th September 1989

Laid before Parliament 8th September 1989

Coming into force 1st October 1989

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 35(1), 36(1), 126(1) and 128(1) of the National Health Service Act 1977f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1977 c. 49; in section 128(1) see the definition of“regulations”. Section 35(1) was substituted by the Family Practitioner Committees (Consequential Modifications) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/39), article 7(9). Section 36 was amended by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48), Schedule 3, paragraph 5 and by S.I. 1985/39, article 7(10).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of Regulations
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st October 1989.

2Amendment of Regulations

In regulation 2(1) of the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1973f1 (interpretation) in the definition“dental officer” there are substituted for the words“Department of Health and Social Security” the words“Boardf2, of the Department of Health”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

David Mellor

Minister of State,

Department of Health

7th September 1989

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1973 which provide for the arrangements under which dentists provide dental services under the National Health Service in England and Wales.

Regulation 2 amends the definition of“dental officer” to include a dental officer employed by the Dental Practice Board.