The National Health Service (Dental Charges, General Dental Services Contracts and Personal Dental Services Agreements) Amendment Regulations 2007

Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 544

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The National Health Service (Dental Charges, General Dental Services Contracts and Personal Dental Services Agreements) Amendment Regulations 2007

Made

22nd February 2007

Laid before Parliament

2nd March 2007

Coming into force

1st April 2007

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 28E, 28O, 79 and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1).

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1977 c.49; section 28E is inserted by section 22(1) of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c.47), and amended by the Health Act 1999 (c.8) (“the 1999 Act”), section 65(2) and Schedule 5; the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c.15), section 27(5)(a); the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c.17), section 4(3) and Schedule 3, paragraph 8; and the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”), section 177(7) to (11). Section 28O is inserted by section 172(1) of the 2003 Act. Section 79 is substituted by section 183 of the 2003 Act. Section 126(4) is amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 65(2); the 1999 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 37(6); and the 2001 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 5(13)(b). See also section 128(1) of the National Health Service Act 1977, as amended by section 26(2)(g) and (i) of the 1990 Act, for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. With effect from 1 March 2007 sections 28E, 28O, 79 and 126(4) will be repealed by section 6 of, and Schedule 4 to, the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c.43) and consolidated in sections 104, 109, 176 and 272 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c.41).