Welsh Statutory Instruments
2018 No. 297 (W. 55)
National Health Service, Wales
The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
Made
1 March 2018
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
7 March 2018
Coming into force
1 April 2018
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 125 and 203(9) and (10) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006(1).
Title and commencement
1. The title of these Regulations is the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 and they come into force on 1 April 2018.
Amendment to the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2006
2. In regulation 4 of the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2006(2) (calculation of charges)—
(a)in paragraph (2), for “£44.00” substitute “£45.00”;
(b)in paragraph (3), for “£190.00” substitute “£195.00”; and
(c)in paragraph (4), for “£190.00” substitute “£195.00”.
Vaughan Gething
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers
1 March 2018
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/491 (W. 60)) (“the 2006 Regulations”).
Regulation 2 amends regulation 4 of the 2006 Regulations (calculation of charges) by increasing the applicable charge payable for a Band 2 and a Band 3 course of treatment.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. A copy can be obtained from the Primary Care Division of the Directorate for Primary Care and Innovation, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.
S.I. 2006/491 (W. 60), amended by S.I. 2017/339 (W. 83).