Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 (“the 1996 Regulations”), which make provisions as to the arrangements under which dentists provide general dental services under the National Health Service in Scotland.
Regulation 2(2) amends regulation 31 of the 1996 Regulations (overpayments) to add a reference to the National Health Service (Discipline Committees) (Scotland) Regulations 2006, (“the Discipline Committees Regulations”).
Regulation 2(3) amends paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the 1996 Regulations (incorporation of provisions of Regulations) by–
substituting a reference to the Discipline Committee Regulations for the reference to the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) (Scotland) Regulations 1992, which are to be revoked with effect from 1st July 2006; and
inserting a reference to the National Health Service (Tribunal) (Scotland) Regulations 2004.