The National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2006

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 490 (W.59)

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, WALES

The National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2006

Made

28 February 2006

Coming into force

1 March 2006

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 28L, 28M, 28O, 28P and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and section 4(5) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(2).

(1)

1977 c. 49; sections 28L, 28M, 28O and 28P were inserted into the Act by section 172(1) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43) (“the 2003 Act”); and section 126(4) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”), Schedule 4, paragraph 37(6) and the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15) (“the 2001 Act”), Schedule 5, paragraph 5(13)(b). See section 128(1) of the Act as amended by the 1990 Act, section 26(2)(g) and (i), for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. As regards Wales, the functions of the Secretary of State under sections 28L, 28M, 28O, 28P and 126(4) of the Act and section 4 of the 1990 Act were transferred to Wales under S.I. 1999/672, article 2 and Schedule 1, as amended by the 1999 Act, section 66(5) and as read with section 40(1) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17) (“the 2002 Act”) and section 197(1) of the 2003 Act.

(2)

1990 c. 19.