14.—(1) For the purposes of section 14(1)(d) of the Act, the ground on which the registration authority may cancel the registration of a person in respect of a private dental practice is specified in paragraph (2).
(2) The ground referred to in paragraph (1) is that the private dental practice has ceased to be financially viable or is likely to cease to be so at any time within the next 6 months.
15.—(1) In this regulation—
“application for cancellation” (“cais i ganslo”) means an application by the registered person under section 15(1)(b) of the Act for the cancellation of that person’s registration;
“notice of application for cancellation” (“hysbysiad o gais i ganslo”) means a notice by the registered person stating that the registered person has made, or intends to make, an application for cancellation; and
“proposed effective date” (“dyddiad effeithiol arfaethedig”) means the date requested by the registered person as the date on which the cancellation applied for is to take effect.
(2) An application for cancellation must be—
(a)in writing on a form approved by the registration authority;
(b)sent or delivered to the registration authority not less than 3 months before the proposed effective date or such shorter period (if any) before that date as may be agreed with the registration authority; and
(c)accompanied by the information specified in paragraph (4).
(3) If the registered person makes an application for cancellation the registered person must, not more than seven days thereafter, give notice of the application for cancellation to each of the persons specified in paragraph (4)(d), other than a person to whom the registered person has given such notice within 3 months before making the application for cancellation.
(4) The following information is specified—
(a)the proposed effective date;
(b)a statement as to the information provided by the registered person to patients about similar dental practices in their area;
(c)the registered person’s reasons for making the application for cancellation;
(d)particulars of any notice of application for cancellation that has been given to any of the following persons—
(i)patients; and
(ii)persons who appear to the registered person to be representatives of service users;
(e)where the registered person has not given the notice referred to in sub-paragraph (d), a statement as to whether there were any circumstances which prevented the registered person from giving, or made it impracticable for that person to give, such notice before the date on which the registered person applied for cancellation.