Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the General Dental Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2003.
(2) In these Regulations –
“the principal Regulations” means the Health and Personal Social Services General Dental Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993(1).
Amendment of regulation 9 of the principal Regulations
2. Regulation 9 of the principal Regulations (removal from dental list on grounds of age) shall be amended as follows –
(a)paragraph (1) is revoked;
(b)for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following –
(2) A Board shall, on 1st April 2003 and in each successive year thereafter, remove from the dental list the name of any dentist included in that list who has attained the age of 70 during the period of 12 months ending on 1st April in that year; and
(c)in paragraphs (3) and (4) the expression “(1) or” after the word “paragraph”, in each of the three places where it occurs, shall be deleted.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 5th March 2003.
L.S.
Dr. J. F. Livingstone
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 5th March 2003.
L.S.
R. Scott
Senior Officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel