The National Health Service (Dental Charges) Amendment Regulations 2005

Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 576

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The National Health Service (Dental Charges) Amendment Regulations 2005

Made

9th March 2005

Laid before Parliament

10th March 2005

Coming into force

1st April 2005

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 79A(1) and 126(4) of, and paragraph 3(2) and (3) of Schedule 12 to, the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and section 20(5) of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997(2) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1977 (c. 49). Section 79A was inserted by section 11(3) of the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49); section 126(4) has been amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 65(1) of, and paragraphs 4 and 37 of Schedule 4 to, the Health Act 1999 (c. 8)(“the 1999 Act”), section 67(1) of, and paragraph 5 and 13 of Part 1 of Schedule 5 to, the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15), sections 6(3)(c) and 37(1) of the NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002(c. 17) and sections 184 and 196 of, and paragraphs 7 and 38 of Schedule 11 to, and Part 4 of Schedule 14 to the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43). The functions of the Secretary of State under these provisions are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2(a) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672, as amended by section 66(5) of the 1999 Act.

(2)

1997(c. 46).