Amendment of the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1996
2.—(1) The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1996(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) for the definition of “salaried dentist” there is substituted–
““salaried dentist” means a dentist employed by a Health Board or primary care NHS trust who undertakes to provide general dental services at a health centre, hospital or from any vehicle or moveable facility;”.
(3) In regulation 12 (removal from dental list on grounds of age)–
(a)for paragraph (2) substitute–
“A Health Board or primary care NHS trust shall, on 1st April in every year, remove from the dental list the name of any dentist included in that list who has attained the age of 70 in the period of 12 months ending on 31st March preceding that 1st April.”;
(b)in paragraph (3) for “paragraph (1) and (2)” in both places where the words appear substitute “paragraph (2)”.
(4) In regulation 22(1) (statement of dental remuneration) in the table at the end of column 1 and column 2 respectively, insert “XIV” and “Practice allowances”.
(5) In regulation 23(4)(b) (approval of payments) for “and IX” substitute “IX, Parts II and III of X, XI, XII, XIII and XIV”.
S.I. 1996/177. Regulation 2 was amended by S.I. 1999/724 and S.S.I. 1999/51, 2000/188, and 352 and 2001/368. Regulation 12 was amended by S.I. 1999/724 and S.S.I. 1999/51 and 2000/188. Regulation 22 was amended by S.S.I. 2000/352 and 2002/99 and 268 Regulation 23 was amended by S.I. 1999/724 and S.S.I. 1999/51 and 2000/352 and 394.