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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/177) (“the 1996 Regulations”).

Part I includes in the 1996 Regulations what was formerly regulation 20 of the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) (Scotland) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/434).

Part II amends dentists' terms of service, contained in Schedule 1 to the 1996 Regulations, to require dentists to establish and operate a complaints procedure within their practice.

Part III makes a minor amendments to the dentists' terms of service including information about NHS charges to be displayed in practice premises.