The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2002

Made5th June 2002

Laid before the Scottish Parliament7th June 2002

Coming into force1st August 2002

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(5), 25(2), 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 and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st August 2002.

Amendment of the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 19962

In regulation 22(1) (statement of dental remuneration) of the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 19962 in the table–

a

in column 2, for “Allowance for practice improvements” there is substituted “Allowances and grants for practice improvements”; and

b

at the end of columns 1 and 2 respectively there is inserted “XIII” and “Recruitment and retention allowances”.

MALCOLM CHISHOLMA member of the Scottish ExecutiveSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh6th June 2002

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1996, which make arrangements under which dentists provide general dental services as part of the National Health Service in Scotland.

Regulation 2 amends the table in regulation 22 of the 1996 Regulations.

Paragraph (a) of that regulation substitutes a new title for determination X, changing it from “Allowance for practice improvements” to “Allowances and grants for practice improvements”. This will enable grants to be made towards practice improvements as well as the making of allowances for such improvements.

Paragraph (b) of that regulation adds a new determination XIII (Recruitment and retention allowances) to the table. Under this determination allowances will be payable to certain categories of practitioner in order to provide incentives for the recruitment and retention of dentists providing general dental services in Scotland.