Dentists Act 1984

[F136Z4.Limits on section 36Z1 as respects visiting dental care professionalsU.K.

(1)Subsections (1) and (2) of section 36Z1, so far as relating to a person (“P”)—

(a)who is registered in the list mentioned in section 36B(1A)(b) under a title applying to, or to a class of members of, a particular profession (“the established profession”), but

(b)who is not registered in the list mentioned in section 36B(1A)(a) under a title applying to, or to a class of members of, the established profession,

have effect subject to, respectively, subsections (2) and (3) of this section.

(2)Rules made under section 36Z1(1)—

(a)may not impose requirements on P in connection with P’s pursuit of the established profession if P is required to undertake, in P’s home State, professional training and development in relation to the established profession; and

(b)where they impose requirements on P in connection with P’s pursuit of the established profession—

(i)shall take account of the fact that P is fully qualified to pursue the established profession in P’s home State, and

(ii)shall specify that professional training and development which P is required to undertake by the requirements may be undertaken outside the United Kingdom.

(3)The registrar’s power under section 36Z1(2) is exercisable in relation to P’s registration under a title applying to, or to a class of members of, the established profession only if it also appears to the registrar that, in the circumstances of the case, erasure from registration under that title is an appropriate and proportionate sanction in view of P’s continued lawful establishment as a member of the established profession in P’s home State.

(4)In this section “home State”, in relation to P, means the relevant European State in which P is lawfully established as a member of the established profession.]

Textual Amendments