Universities (Scotland) Act 1966

Amendments to the Medical Act 1956 and Dentists Act 1957

18 On and after the appointed day the University of Dundee shall be, and the University of St. Andrews shall cease to be, entitled to choose one representative to be a member of the General Medical Council, and accordingly section 3(1) of the [1956 c. 76.] Medical Act 1956 shall have effect as if the words " St. Andrews " were omitted, and for the words " and Edinburgh " there were substituted the words " Edinburgh and Dundee ".

19 Notwithstanding the provisions of the last foregoing paragraph, as read with subsections (3) and (4) of section 2 of the [1957 c. 28.] Dentists Act 1957 (which in effect provide that for the purposes of that Act a dental authority means any of the Universities who choose appointed members of the General Medical Council), the University of St. Andrews shall on and after the appointed day be deemed to be a dental authority for the purposes of that Act in relation to graduates upon whom it has conferred before or may confer after the appointed day in pursuance of paragraph 17(b) of this Schedule a degree or licence in dentistry.

20 Section 11(1)(a) of the [1956 c. 76.] Medical Act 1956 (which states the Universities in which a qualifying examination may be held for the purposes of Part II of that Act) shall have effect as if the words " St. Andrews " were omitted, and for the words " and Edinburgh " there were substituted the words " Edinburgh and Dundee ".