Regulation 5 Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations

for the word “Administrator”, in both instances where it occurs, there shall be substituted the words “General Manager”;

for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:–

“(1)

Where notice of a complaint is given after the expiry of the period specified in regulation 4(1) or (2) in relation to that notice, the service committee shall not investigate the matter giving rise to the complaint unless–

(a)

they are satisfied that the failure to give such notice immediately before the expiry of that period and on any subsequent day falling before the date on which such notice was in fact given was occasioned by illness or by some other reasonable cause; and

(b)

they have obtained–

(i)

the consent of the practitioner, chemist, or as the case may be, optician, or

(ii)

if such consent is refused, the consent of the Secretary of State.”;

after paragraph (6), there shall be added the following paragraph:–

“(7)

Where the Committee have established a denture conciliation committee pursuant to regulation 13 (denture conciliation committees), this regulation shall, as respects any complaint which relates solely to the fit and efficiency of a denture provided as part of general dental services, have effect as if for any reference to a service committee there were substituted a reference to a denture conciliation committee.”.