Paragraph 1 Annual fees

(1)

For the purposes of section 16(3) of the Act, the registered provider of a private dental practice must pay an annual fee and the amount of the annual fee is the sum specified in sub-paragraph (2).

(2)

The amount of the annual fee payable is—

(a)

£500; or

(b)

£300, if the private dental practice consists of no more than one dentist and that dentist provides—

(i)

private dental services; and

(ii)

dental services for the purposes of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006.

(3)

Where a person registers in respect of a private dental practice—

(a)

the first annual fee will be payable on a date one month after the date of first registration (“the due date”); and

(b)

thereafter, the annual fee will be payable on 1 April in each year.

(4)

The first annual fee referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(a) is to be calculated as one twelfth of £500 or £300, as the case may be, for each complete month from the due date to the first occurrence of 31 March immediately following the due date.