The National Health Service (Dental Charges) Amendment Regulations 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No.419

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The National Health Service (Dental Charges) Amendment Regulations 1993

Made

2nd March 1993

Laid before Parliament

2nd March 1993

Coming into force

1st April 1993

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on her by section 79A of, and paragraph 3(2) and (3) of Schedule 12 to, the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Dental Charges) Amendment Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 1989(2).

Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations

2.  In regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (calculation of charges)—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “75%” there is substituted “80%”; and

(b) in paragraph (5), for “£225” in both places where it occurs there is substituted “£250”.

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

3.  In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (calculation of charge for the supply of appliance on referral), in paragraph 2(b)(ii), for “75%” there is substituted “80%”.

Revocation

4.  The National Health Service (Dental Charges) Amendment Regulations 1992(3)are hereby revoked.

Transitional provision

5.  Where, on or after 1st April 1993, appliances are supplied, or other general dental services are provided, in pursuance of a contract or arrangement for the provision of general dental services made before that date, the provisions of regulation 4(1) and (5) of and of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations shall have effect in respect of that supply or other provision as if these Regulations had not come into force.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Brian Mawhinney

Minister of State,

Department of Health

2nd March 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 1989 to increase the proportion of the charge for dental treatment and appliances which is payable by a patient from 75% to 80%, and to increase the prescribed maximum charge payable by the patient from £225 to £250, where the contract or arrangement leading to the provision of such treatment or appliances is made on or after 1st April 1993. The regulations providing for the last increase in the maximum charge are revoked.

(1)

1977 c. 49. See section 128(1) as amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 26(1), (2)(g), (i) for the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 79A was inserted by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 11(3).

(2)

S.I. 1989/394; amended by S.I. 1990/1638, 1991/581 and 1992/369.

(3)

S.I. 1992/369, which will be spent on the coming into force of these Regulations.