General Dental Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2002 No. 2

HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES

General Dental Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Made

3rd January 2002

Coming into operation

1st February 2002

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety(1), in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 61(1), (2) and (2AA), 106 and 107(6) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(2) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, and in conjunction with the Department of Finance and Personnel and after consultation with such organisations as appeared to the Department to be representative of the dental profession as required by Article 61(4) of the Order, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the General Dental Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 1st February 2002.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Health and Personal Social Services General Dental Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993(3).

Amendment of the principal Regulations

2.—(1) The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (5).

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a) the definition of “general anaesthesia list” is omitted; and

(b) in the definition of “treatment” the words “general anaesthesia and” are omitted.

(3) In regulation 4(2) (dental list)—

(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (b)(ii) the word “and” is inserted;

(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (b)(iii) the words “; and” are omitted; and

(c) sub-paragraph (b)(iv) is omitted.

(4) Regulation 5F (general anaesthesia list) and regulation 5G (removal from or amendment of general anaesthesia list) are omitted.

(5) In Schedule 2 (terms of services for dentists)—

(a) in paragraph 4(3)(g) the words “general anaesthesia or” are omitted;

(b) in paragraph 16(3)(c) the words “wholly under general dental services or” are omitted;

(c) in paragraph 21, in the heading the words “General Anaesthesia and” are omitted, sub-paragraphs (1) and (4) are omitted and existing sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) are renumbered (1) and (2);

(d) paragraph 33A is omitted; and

(e) paragraph 40 is omitted.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 3rd January 2002.

L.S.

D. J. Thompson

Senior Officer of the

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 3rd January 2002.

L.S.

R. Scott

Senior Officer of the

Department of Finance and Personnel

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations further amend the Health and Personal Social Services General Dental Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (“the principal Regulations”) which regulate the terms on which general dental services are provided under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.

The Regulations remove references to general anaesthesia which may no longer be provided under general dental services.

(1)

See S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(6)

(2)

S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14); relevant amending Instruments are Article 13 of S.I. 1978/1907 (N.I. 26); Articles 30, 34, 35 and Part I of Schedule 5 to, and Part I of Schedule 6 to, S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1); and S.I. 1997/1177 (N.I. 7)

(3)

S.R. 1993 No. 326; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1998 No. 245 and S.R. 2001 No. 89