Regulation 3 Amendment of regulation A2

after the definition of “contracting-out requirements”, insert the following definitions–

• ““dental hygienist” means a person whose name is included in the roll of dental hygienists referred to in regulation 21 of the Dental Auxiliaries Regulations 1986^f1;

• “dental list” means a list prepared in accordance with regulations made under section 36(1)(a)^f2 of the 1977 Act;

• “dental 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;

• “dental therapist” means a person whose name is included in the roll of dental therapists referred to in regulation 25 of the Dental Auxiliaries Regulations 1986;”;

after the definition of “guaranteed minimum pension”, insert the following definition–

• ““the health service” has the meaning given in section 128(1)^f3 of the 1977 Act;”

;

after the definition of “medical list”^f4, insert the following definition–

• ““medical pilot scheme employee” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of personal medical services in accordance with a pilot scheme, is employed by an individual providing those services;”;

after the definition of “mental health officer”, insert the following definition–

• ““NHS dental employee” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of dental health services in the health service, is employed by–

  1. (a)

     a National Health Service trust;

  2. (b)

     a Health Authority;

  3. (c)

     a registered dentist; or

  4. (d)

     a registered dentist who is providing personal dental services in accordance with a pilot scheme;”;

after the definition of “pensionable service”, insert the following definitions–

• ““personal dental services” has the meaning given in section 1(8) of the 1997 Act;

• “personal medical services” has the meaning given in section 1(8) of the 1997 Act;”;

the definition of “pilot scheme employee”^f5 shall be deleted;

after the definition of “qualifying service”, insert the following definition–

• ““registered dentist” has the meaning given in section 53(1) of the Dentists Act 1984^f6;”.