Amendment of regulation 9 of the 1992 Regulations
2. In regulation 9 of the 1992 Regulations (removal from dental list on grounds of age) —
(a)for paragraph (1) substitute —
“(1) A Health Authority shall, on 1st April in 2003 and in each successive year thereafter, remove from the dental list the name of any dentist included in the list who has attained the age of 70 years, during the period of 12 months ending on the 1st April in that year.”;
(b)omit paragraph (2);
(c)for the words “paragraph (1) or (2)” in each place where they appear in paragraphs (3) and (4) substitute the words “paragraph (1)”.