http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/292/introduction/madeThe National Health Service (Vocational Training for General Dental Practice) (Scotland) Regulations 2004National Health Service (NHS)Dental servicesCareDentistsCare assessmentKing's Printer for Scotland2017-01-12NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE These Regulations make provision for the vocational training for dentists. They make provision as to what is meant by vocational training and the satisfactory completion of vocational training, how vocational training numbers are granted and how appeals against their refusal are conducted. They replace the provisions of regulations 6, 7 and 8 of National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 (“the 1996 Regulations”) which previously dealt with those matters and also make consequential amendments to the 1996 Regulations. 2004 No. 292 NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE The National Health Service (Vocational Training for General Dental Practice) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 Made 14th June 2004 Laid before the Scottish Parliament 14th June 2004 Coming into force 5th July 2004 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 1978 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations: 1978 c. 29; section 25(2) was extended by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 17 and amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), sections 40(2) and Schedule 9, paragraph 19(6), by the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46), Schedule 2, paragraph 43 and Schedule 3 and by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”) section 56(3); section 105(7), which contains provisions relevant to the making of regulations, was amended by the Health Services Act 1980, Schedule 6, paragraph 5 and Schedule 7, paragraph 24, by the Health and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 9, paragraph 24 and the 1999 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 60; section 108(1) contains definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).