Regulation 3 Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations

(1)

Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations (application for inclusion in the dental list) shall be amended as follows–

(2)

In paragraph (1)–

(a)

at the beginning there shall be inserted “Subject to paragraph (3),”; and

(b)

in sub-paragraph (a)(i), after “5” there shall be inserted; “5A”.

(3)

In paragraph (2), at the beginning, there shall be inserted “Subject to paragraph (4),”;

(4)

After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted–

“(3)

A dentist who wishes to have his name included in the dental list but who does not have a vocational training number shall apply for a vocational training number; and his application for a vocational training number shall be dealt with in accordance with regulation 5A before the FHSA determines his application under paragraph (1).

(4)

Paragraph (2) shall not apply to the application under paragraph (1) of a dentist who does not have a vocational training number until such a number has been allocated to him.”.