The European Primary and Specialist Dental Qualifications Regulations 1998

Miscellaneous

Appeals

14.—(1) The GDC shall secure that—

(a) a person to whom it refuses to award a CCST;

(b) a person who fails to satisfy the GDC that he is an eligible specialist in accordance with regulation 9(2), (3) or (4); and

(c) a person who fails to satisfy the GDC as to the matters referred to in regulation 12(3)(c);

has the right to appeal against its decision to a panel of independent persons (in this regulation referred to as an “appeal panel”) which shall be convened by the GDC as soon as practicable to reconsider the question and determine whether or not the appellant should be awarded a CCST or should so satisfy the GDC (as the case may be).

(2) The GDC shall determine and publish the procedure governing its selection of the members of appeal panels and the conduct of appeals.

(3) The GDC shall secure that an appeal panel gives reasons for its determination.

Revocation and saving

15.—(1) The Dental Qualifications (EEC Recognition) Order 1980(1) is hereby revoked.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the revocation of article 5(1) of that Order does not prevent the GDC from awarding a certificate of completion of specialist training to any person whose application for one had been received by the GDC before these Regulations came into force; and any such application may be dealt with as if paragraph (1) had not come into force.

(3) An application to which paragraph (2) refers must be dealt with before the end of the period of three months beginning with the date on which these Regulations come into force.

(1)

S.I. 1980/703. Articles 3, 4, 6 and 7 of the Order were revoked by the Dentists Act 1984, Schedule 6, Part II.