This Scottish Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.S.I. 2000/352 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Scottish Statutory Instrument.

2000 No. 394

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2000

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(5), 25(1) and (2), 28A, 105(7) and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19781 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st December 2000.

2

In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 19962.

Amendment of regulation 23 of the principal Regulations2

1

Regulation 23 of the principal Regulations (approval of payments) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph (4)(b) for “, VIII and XI” there is substituted “, VIII and IX”.

SUSAN C DEACONA member of the Scottish ExecutiveSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 (S.I.1996/177) (“the principal Regulations”), which provide for arrangements under which dentists provide general dental services as part of the National Health Service in Scotland.

These Regulations correct an error in regulation 23 of the principal Regulations (approval of payments), which was made by S.S.I. 2000/352.