# National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997, Section 3: Provision of personal dental services under a pilot scheme.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) This section applies to any pilot scheme under which personal dental services are provided.
(2) An agreement which constitutes, or is one of the agreements which together constitute, a pilot scheme may be made by an authority only with one or more of the following—
(a) an NHS trust;
(b) a dental practitioner whose name is included in a dental list;
(c) an NHS employee or a pilot scheme employee;
(d) a qualifying body;
(e) an individual who is providing personal dental services under that or another pilot scheme.
(f) a Primary Care Trust
(3) In this section—
“dental list” means—
(a)in relation to England and Wales, a list prepared in accordance with regulations made under section 36(1)(a) of the 1977 Act;
(b)in relation to Scotland, a list prepared in accordance with regulations made under section 25(2)(a) of the 1978 Act;
“NHS employee” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of services in the health service, is employed by—
(a)an NHS trust;
(b)a dental practitioner whose name is included in a dental list; or
(c)a dental practitioner who is providing personal dental services in accordance with a pilot scheme;
“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;
“qualifying body” means—
(a)a body corporate which, in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of the Dentists Act 1984, is entitled to carry on the business of dentistry; or
(b)a company which is limited by shares all of which are legally and beneficially owned by persons falling within paragraph (a), (b), (c) (e) or (f) of subsection (2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-primary-care-act-1997/section-3
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