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Statutory Instruments
National Health Service, England
Made
7th March 2019
Laid before Parliament
11th March 2019
Coming into force
1st April 2019
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 176(1) and (2)(c) and 272(7) of the National Health Service Act 2006(1).
1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 1st April 2019.
2.—(1) The National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 2005(2) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 4 (calculations of charges)—
(a)in paragraph (1), for “£21.60” substitute “£22.70”;
(b)in paragraph (2), for “£59.10” substitute “£62.10”;
(c)in paragraph (3), for “£256.50” substitute “£269.30”;
(d)in paragraph (4), for “£256.50” substitute “£269.30”;
(e)in paragraph (5), for “£21.60” substitute “£22.70”.
(3) In regulation 12A (charges in respect of primary dental services provided under a prototype agreement), in paragraph (2), for “£21.60” substitute “£22.70”.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
Blackwood
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health and Social Care
7th March 2019
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations”).
The 2005 Regulations include the charges that are levied for NHS dental and orthodontic treatment in England. Regulation 2 amends regulation 4 of the 2005 Regulations to increase the charges for Band 1 courses of treatment from £21.60 to £22.70, Band 2 courses of treatment from £59.10 to £62.10 and Band 3 courses of treatment from £256.50 to £269.30. Regulation 2 also amends regulation 12A of the 2005 Regulations to increase the charge for a Band 1A interim care course of treatment provided by contractors participating in the Prototype Agreement Scheme, scheduled to run from 1st November 2015 to 31st March 2020, from £21.60 to £22.70, in line with the Band 1 charge.
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2006 c.41. Section 176 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”) was amended by paragraph 94 of Schedule 4 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7). The powers conferred by these sections are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England, by virtue of section 271(1) of the 2006 Act. See section 275(1) of the 2006 Act for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” that are relevant to the powers being exercised.
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