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PART 4DENTISTS AND PROFESSIONS COMPLEMENTARY TO DENTISTRY

CHAPTER 1AMENDMENT OF THE DENTISTS ACT 1984

Amendment of Schedule 4

53.—(1) Schedule 4 (visiting dentists from relevant European States)(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 4(b)—

(a)for “3(9)(a) or (e)” substitute “3(8)(a) or (e)”;

(b)for “14 to 16” substitute “19 to 23”.

(3) In paragraph 5—

(a)in sub-paragraph (2)(a)—

(i)in sub-paragraph (i), omit the “and” at the end;

(ii)after sub-paragraph (ii), insert—

(iii)confirms that the practitioner does not have a criminal conviction; and

(iv)confirms that the practitioner is not subject to a temporary or final suspension preventing practice as a dentist;;

(b)after sub-paragraph (2)(a), insert—

(aa)a written declaration as to whether the practitioner has the necessary knowledge of English;;

(c)in sub-paragraph (3), after “(2)(a)” insert “or (aa)”.

(4) In paragraph 6(3)—

(a)for “3(9)(a) or (e)” substitute “3(8)(a) or (e)”;

(b)for “14 to 16” substitute “19 to 23”.

(5) In paragraph 8(6), after “home State” insert “or, if different, a relevant European State in which the practitioner practises or has practised as a dental professional”.

(1)

Schedule 4 was substituted by S.I. 2007/3101.