The National Health Service (Scotland) (Injury Benefits) Amendment Regulations 1999

Persons to whom the Regulations apply

4.—(1) In regulation 3(1)–

(a) for sub-paragraph (e) substitute–

“(e) is a provider of piloted services other than a person to whom paragraph (1A) applies;”;

(b) for sub-paragraph (f) substitute–

“(f) is a registered medical practitioner who is a medical pilot scheme employee and for whose employment the consent of the Health Board which is a participant in the pilot scheme in question has been obtained;”;

(c) after sub-paragraph (f) insert–

“(g) is a registered dentist who is a dental pilot scheme employee;

(h) is a registered dentist who is engaged, under a contract for services, by a person providing piloted services to carry out personal dental services in accordance with a pilot scheme;

(i) is a dental therapist who is a dental pilot scheme employee; or

(j) is a dental hygienist who–

(i) is employed as a dental pilot scheme employee otherwise than by a National Health Service Trust; and

(ii) was, immediately before the commencement of such employment, a member of the Scheme, to whom these Regulations apply.”.

(2) After regulation 3(1) insert–

“(1A) This paragraph applies to a person who is neither a registered dentist nor a dental therapist, and–

(a) who–

(i) immediately before the commencement of the pilot scheme, was employed by a National Health Service Trust as a NHS dental employee, and

(ii) was not at that time a member of the Scheme; or

(b) to whom these Regulations did not apply immediately prior to the commencement of the pilot scheme.”.