The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2010

Interpretation S

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;

“the 1997 Act” means the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997(1);

[F1 “the 2007 Act” means the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007;]

“the 1996 Regulations” means the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1996(2);

“the Agency” means the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service constituted under section 10 of the Act(3);

“area” means in relation to a Health Board the area for which the Health Board is constituted;

“area dental committee” means the committee of that name which is recognised by a Health Board in relation to its area under section 9 of the Act(4);

[F2 “assign” means, in relation to a care home, to allocate responsibility for providing enhanced skills in domiciliary care, “assigned” is to be construed accordingly;]

“assistant” means (i) any dentist employed as an assistant dentist by a contractor either whole-time or part-time under a contract of service, for the purpose of assisting that contractor with the provision of general dental services or (ii) any dentist undertaking vocational training under the supervision of a [F3 contractor or a] salaried dentist and who is employed under a contract of service with [F4 the Agency];

“associateship agreement” means an agreement between dentists or a dentist and a body corporate named in sub-part A of the first part of a dental list—

(a)

to which there are 2 parties, who are not parties to a partnership agreement, relating to the provision of general dental services, and

(b)

whereby one party is liable to provide, for financial consideration, the use of some or all premises and facilities for the provision of general dental services by the other party;

[F5 “barred from regulated roles” means barred from regulated roles with children or adults within the meaning of section 92(1) or (2) (individuals barred from regulated roles) of the 2007 Act,]

“body corporate” means a body corporate entitled by virtue of section 43 of the Dentists Act 1984(5) to carry on the business of dentistry;

“capitation arrangement” means an arrangement between a contractor and a patient whereby the contractor provides care and treatment in accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 1;

“care and treatment” means all proper and necessary care and treatment which a dentist usually undertakes for a patient and which the patient is willing to undergo, including advice, planning of treatment and preventative care;

[F6 “care home” means accommodation occupied mainly or exclusively by individuals aged 16 or over which is provided by an organisation carrying on a care home service within the meaning of paragraph 2 of schedule 12 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010;

“care home resident” means a person whose place of residence is a care home;

“Certificate of Completion of Enhanced Skills Training (Domiciliary Care)” means a certificate issued by [F4 the Agency] to a dentist following completion of enhanced training and mentoring in domiciliary care by that dentist;]

“condition for disqualification” means the first, second or third condition for disqualification in section 29 of the Act(6);

“conditional disqualification” has the same meaning as in section 29C(1) of the Act(7) and includes a decision under provisions in force in England, Wales or Northern Ireland corresponding (whether or not exactly) to a conditional disqualification, and “conditionally disqualified” shall be construed accordingly;

[F1 “considered for listing” means considered for listing by the Scottish Ministers in the children’s list or adult’s list or in both lists in pursuance of section 10, 11, 12 or 13 (consideration whether to list) of the 2007 Act;]

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“contractor” means a person who has undertaken to provide general dental services and whose name is included in sub-part A of the first part of a Health Board’s dental list;

“corresponding decision” has the same meaning as in section 32D of the Act;

[F8 “cross-border dentist” means a domiciliary care dentist who does not provide general dental services from practice premises in the area, but has undertaken to only provide enhanced skills in domiciliary care in the area;]

“dental care professional” means a person registered in the dental care professionals register;

“dental care professionals register” is the register established by section 36B of the Dentists Act 1984(8);

[F9 “Dental Core Training” means a period of postgraduate training following vocational training (or any equivalent training undertaken in England, Wales or Northern Ireland), administered in Scotland by [F4 the Agency] and comprising clinical and educational sessions with regular assessment of the competencies required for progress;]

“dental hygienist” means a person in the profession pursued by dental hygienists who is registered in the dental care professionals register;

“dental list” has the meaning given to it by regulation 4;

“dental nurse” means a person in the profession pursued by dental nurses who is registered in the dental care professionals register;

“dental officer” means a dentist in the service of the SDPB;

“dental student” means a person studying for a qualification in dentistry, dental therapy or dental hygiene;

“dental surgery” means any part of the practice premises where care and treatment is provided;

“dental therapist” means a person in the profession pursued by dental therapists who is registered in the dental care professionals register;

“dentist” means a dental practitioner registered in the register of dentists;

“deputy” means a dentist who acts on behalf of another dentist, otherwise than in the capacity of an assistant, for the purpose of providing general dental services;

[F10 “designation procedure” means the procedure for requesting to become, and being designated as, a domiciliary care dentist set out in schedule B1;]

“director” means a director of a body corporate or a member of the body of persons controlling a body corporate;

[F11 “Disclosure Act” means the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020,]

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“disqualification” means disqualification by the Tribunal (or a corresponding decision under provisions in force in England, Wales or Northern Ireland corresponding whether or not exactly to disqualification), but does not include conditional disqualification, and “disqualified” shall be construed accordingly;

[F13 “domiciliary care dentist” means a dentist—

(a)

whose name appears on sub-part A of the first part of the dental list;

(b)

who has received a Certificate of Completion of Enhanced Skills Training (Domiciliary Care); and

(c)

whose information on the Health Board’s dental list indicates that they have been designated under paragraph 5 of schedule B1;]

[F14 “electronic communication” has the meaning given by section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000;]

“an emergency” means the circumstances set out in paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 1 in which a patient requires prompt care and treatment;

“emergency dental services” means treatment which is provided in terms of arrangements made under regulation 19;

“enactment” includes an enactment comprised in, or an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament;

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[F15 “enhanced skills in domiciliary care” means general dental services provided to a care home resident in a care home by a domiciliary care dentist;

“enhanced training and mentoring in domiciliary care” means a programme of training and mentoring delivered by [F4 the Agency] and a Health Board which includes the training and mentoring described in paragraph 3 of schedule B1;]

“equivalent body” means—

(a)

in England, [F16 NHS England];

(b)

in Wales, a Local Health Board;

(c)

in Northern Ireland, a Health and Social Services Board;

(ca)

[F17 in relation to any time prior to 1st April 2013 and after 30th September 2002, a Primary Care Trust in England;]

(e)

in relation to any time prior to 1st October 2002, a Health Authority in England; or

(f)

in relation to any time prior to 1st April 2003, a Health Authority in Wales,

or any successor body;

“equivalent list” means a list kept by an equivalent body;

[F18 “estimate” means information submitted by a dentist to the SDPB in accordance with paragraph 28 of schedule 1 for the purpose of obtaining prior approval of care and treatment;]

[F19 “form to like effect” includes where information that would otherwise be provided in a form supplied by the Health Board is compiled in electronic form (except where otherwise stated);]

“fraud” means matters which it is the function of the Agency to prevent, detect or investigate by virtue of article 2(l) of the National Health Service (Functions of the Common Services Agency) Order 2008(9);

“general dental services” has the meaning given in section 25(1) of the Act;

“Health Board” means a Health Board constituted for any area under section 2(1)(a) of the Act(10);

“health centre” means any premises at which general dental services are provided by salaried dentists;

[F20 “in-hours period” means the period beginning with 0800 hours and ending with 1800 hours on any working day;]

“in writing” does not (except where otherwise stated) include [F21 an electronic communication];

[F22 “Level 2 disclosure” has the meaning given in section 8 of the Disclosure Act,

“Level 2 disclosure application” means an application under section 11 of the Disclosure Act,]

“licensing or regulatory body” means a body that licenses or regulates any profession of which the dentist, or the body corporate (as the case may be) is, or has been a member, including a body regulating or licensing the education, training or qualifications of that profession, and includes any body which licenses or regulates any such profession, its education, training or qualifications, outside the United Kingdom;

“list” has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning as in section 29(8)(11) of the Act;

“listed drugs” means such drugs and medicines as are included in a list for the time being approved by the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of section 27(1)(c)(12) of the Act;

[F23 “listed provisionally” has the meaning given to it in regulation 4A(1);]

“mobile surgery” means any vehicle in which care and treatment is provided;

“NHS charge” means a charge to the patient under the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 2003(13);

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“oral health” means such a standard of health of the teeth, their supporting structures and other tissues of the mouth, and of dental efficiency, as is reasonable in the case of any patient, having regard to the need to safeguard the patient’s general health;

“orthodontic treatment” means treatment provided under and in association with section VIII (orthodontic treatment) of the Scale of Fees;

“orthodontist” means a dentist who is on the General Dental Council’s Specialist List of Orthodontists, namely the specialist lists in distinctive branches of dentistry maintained by the General Dental Council;

[F25 “Part 1 training” means a course of training provided by [F4 the Agency] which includes training on radiology, managing medical emergencies including basic life support, infection prevention and control, consent, record keeping and best practice guidance;]

[F25 “Part 2 training” means a course of training provided by [F4 the Agency] which includes training on consent, the content and application of these Regulations and other relevant rules and law, the Statement of Dental Remuneration, infection prevention and control, record keeping and best practice guidance;]

“patient” means a person to whom general dental services are provided;

“patient record” means the form supplied by the Health Board for the purpose of maintaining a record of treatment given to a patient or a form to like effect;

“personal dental services” has the meaning given in section 1(8) of the 1997 Act;

“pilot scheme” has the meaning given in section 1(1) of the 1997 Act;

“practice premises” means any premises or mobile surgery at which a contractor provides general dental services [F26 excluding any place which is a care home];

[F27 “practice record form” means a form referred to in, and completed in accordance with, paragraph 29(3)(a) or (5)(a) of schedule 1 in the context of obtaining general dental services;]

“private”, in the context of care and treatment, means otherwise than under general dental services or Part III of the Act; and “privately” shall be construed accordingly;

“professional conduct” includes matters relating both to professional conduct and professional performance;

“professional registration number” means the number against the dentist’s name in the register of dentists;

[F28 “PVG Scheme Level 2 disclosure” means a Level 2 disclosure to which section 17 of the Disclosure Act applies,]

“register of dentists” means the register kept under section 14(14) of the Dentists Act 1984;

[F29 “relevant service” means—

(a)

whole-time service in the armed forces of the Crown in a national emergency as a volunteer or otherwise;

(b)

compulsory whole-time service in those forces, including service resulting from any reserve liability; or

(c)

any equivalent service by a person liable for compulsory whole-time service in those forces;]

“SDPB” means the Scottish Dental Practice Board;

“salaried dentist” means a dentist employed by a Health Board to provide general dental services;

“Scale of Fees” means the scale of fees set out in Determination I of the Statement of Dental Remuneration;

[F1 “scheme member” means a member of the Scheme, established by section 44 of the 2007 Act, in relation to both—

(a)

[F30 a regulated role with children, as defined in section 91(2) (regulated roles) of the 2007 Act]; and

(b)

[F31 a regulated role] with adults, as defined in section 91(3) of the 2007 Act;]

[F32 “scheme record” means a document disclosed by the Scottish Ministers under section 52 of the 2007 Act which—

(a)

sets out the type of regulated work (with children or adults) in relation to which the individual is a scheme member,

(b)

confirms that the scheme member is not barred from doing that work,

(c)

states if the Scottish Ministers are considering whether to list the scheme member, and

(d)

contains vetting information about the scheme member which the Scottish Ministers discovered as a result of enquiries or arrangements made under section 47 of the 2007 Act,]

[F33 “secure accommodation” has the meaning given in section 202(1) of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011;]

[F34 “Specialty Training” means a period of postgraduate training to the relevant General Dental Council specialty curriculum, administered in Scotland by [F4 the Agency] and comprising clinical and educational sessions with regular assessment of the competencies required for progress to the award of a Certificate of Completion of Specialty Training;]

“Statement of Dental Remuneration” means the Statement published from time to time by the Scottish Ministers in accordance with regulation 22;

“suspended by the Health Board” means suspended by the Health Board as respects the provision of general dental services to patients, or as respects assisting in the provision of such services, in terms of regulation 11;

“suspended by direction of the Tribunal” means suspended as respects the provision of general dental services, or as respects assisting in the provision of such services, to patients by a direction of the Tribunal made pursuant to section 32A(2) (application for interim suspension)(15) or section 32B(1) of the Act (suspension pending appeal)(16) or to any provisions in force in England and Wales or Northern Ireland corresponding (whether or not exactly) to those provisions;

“terms of service” means the terms of service set out in Schedule 1;

[F35 “test of knowledge” means an assessment set by [F4 the Agency], which includes questions on any of the topics specified in schedule A1;]

“trauma” means damage to teeth, gingival tissues, or alveoli caused by a force arising outside the mouth resulting in mobility, luxation, subluxation or fracture of the hard tissues or injury to the soft tissues;

“treatment” means all proper and necessary dental treatment which a dentist usually undertakes for a patient and which the patient is willing to undergo, including examination, diagnosis, preventative treatment, periodontal treatment, conservative treatment, surgical treatment, the supply, replacement and repair of dental appliances, orthodontic treatment, the taking of radiographs, the provision of sedation in connection with such treatment, and the supply of listed drugs and the issue of prescription forms in accordance with paragraphs 24 and 25 of Schedule 1;

“treatment on referral” means any care and treatment provided by a dentist under paragraph 14 of Schedule 1;

“treatment requiring prior approval” means any item of treatment referred to in Part I of Schedule 4 or any care and treatment specified in paragraph 1 or 2 in Part II of that Schedule;

“Tribunal” means the Tribunal constituted in accordance with the provisions of section 29 of, and Schedule 8(17) to, the Act;

“vocational training” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 1(2) of the National Health Service (Vocational Training for General Dental Practice) (Scotland) Regulations 2004(18);

“vocational training number” means the number allocated to a dentist—

(a)

in Scotland under regulation 2 of the National Health Service (Vocational Training for General Dental Practice) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 or under the provisions of regulation 6 of the 1996 Regulations(19) before its revocation; and

(b)

in Northern Ireland under the General Dental Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993(20) [F36 ; F37 ...

“working day” means any day apart from a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and any other public or local holiday;] [F38 and]

[F39 “young offenders institution” has the meaning given in section 19(1)(b) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989.]

(2) A reference to “the Agency” in these Regulations includes a reference to the Agency acting on behalf of a Health Board (unless the context otherwise requires).

(3) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

(a) any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations;

(b) any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation; and

(c) any reference to a numbered Schedule is a reference to the Schedule to these Regulations bearing that number.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (28.2.2011) by The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services and General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/378), regs. 1(1), 3(2) (with reg. 4)

F2 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.7.2019) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/174), regs. 1, 3(a)

F3 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.11.2023) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/247), regs. 1(1), 6(a) (with regs. 16, 17)

F4 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.4.2026) by The National Health Service (Functions of the Common Services Agency) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/20), art. 1(1), sch. para. 13(a)(i) (with art. 6)

F5 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.4.2025) by The Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (Incidental, Supplementary and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/74), reg. 1(1), sch. 1 para. 13(2)(a); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3, sch.

F6 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.7.2019) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/174), regs. 1, 3(b)

F7 Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (1.11.2023) by virtue of The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/247), regs. 1(1), 6(b) (with regs. 16, 17)

F8 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.7.2019) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/174), regs. 1, 3(c)

F9 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (26.10.2017) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/289), regs. 1(2), 3(1)(a) (with reg. 14)

F10 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.7.2019) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/174), regs. 1, 3(d)

F11 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.4.2025) by The Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (Incidental, Supplementary and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/74), reg. 1(1), sch. 1 para. 13(2)(b); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3, sch.

F12 Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (1.4.2025) by virtue of The Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (Incidental, Supplementary and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/74), reg. 1(1), sch. 1 para. 13(2)(g); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3, sch.

F13 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.7.2019) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/174), regs. 1, 3(e)

F14 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.1.2018) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/289), regs. 1(3), 3(1)(b) (with reg. 14)

F15 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.7.2019) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/174), regs. 1, 3(f)

F16 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), regs. 1(1), 44(2)

F17 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.4.2013) by The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/235), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 157(b)

F18 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.1.2020) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/289), regs. 1(5), 3(1)(d) (with reg. 14) (as amended by S.S.I. 2018/300, reg. 3(2))

F19 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.1.2018) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/289), regs. 1(3), 3(1)(e) (with reg. 14)

F20 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.7.2019) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/174), regs. 1, 3(g)

F21 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.1.2018) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/289), regs. 1(3), 3(1)(f) (with reg. 14)

F22 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.4.2025) by The Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (Incidental, Supplementary and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/74), reg. 1(1), sch. 1 para. 13(2)(c); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3, sch.

F23 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.1.2026) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/380), regs. 1(2), 4(a)

F24 Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (1.4.2026) by virtue of The National Health Service (Functions of the Common Services Agency) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/20), art. 1(1), sch. para. 13(a)(ii) (with art. 6)

F25 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (26.10.2017) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/289), regs. 1(2), 3(1)(g) (with reg. 14)

F26 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.7.2019) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/174), regs. 1, 3(h)

F27 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.1.2018) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/289), regs. 1(3), 3(1)(h) (with reg. 14)

F28 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.4.2025) by The Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (Incidental, Supplementary and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/74), reg. 1(1), sch. 1 para. 13(2)(d); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3, sch.

F29 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.1.2026) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/380), regs. 1(2), 4(b)

F30 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.4.2025) by The Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (Incidental, Supplementary and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/74), reg. 1(1), sch. 1 para. 13(2)(e)(i); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3, sch.

F31 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.4.2025) by The Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (Incidental, Supplementary and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/74), reg. 1(1), sch. 1 para. 13(2)(e)(ii); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3, sch.

F32 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.4.2025) by The Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (Incidental, Supplementary and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/74), reg. 1(1), sch. 1 para. 13(2)(f); S.S.I. 2025/27, reg. 3, sch.

F33 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.11.2023) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/247), regs. 1(1), 6(c) (with regs. 16, 17)

F34 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (26.10.2017) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/289), regs. 1(2), 3(1)(i) (with reg. 14)

F35 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (26.10.2017) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/289), regs. 1(2), 3(1)(j) (with reg. 14)

F36 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.7.2019) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/174), regs. 1, 3(i)

F37 Word in reg. 2(1) omitted (1.11.2023) by virtue of The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/247), regs. 1(1), 6(d) (with regs. 16, 17)

F38 Word in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.11.2023) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/247), regs. 1(1), 6(e) (with regs. 16, 17)

F39 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.11.2023) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/247), regs. 1(1), 6(f) (with regs. 16, 17)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 in force at 2.7.2010, see reg. 1

(1)

1997 c.46.

(2)

S.I. 1996/177, amended by S.I. 1996/841 and 2060; 1998/1663, 2224 and 2259; 1999/724 and 2005/2011; and by S.S.I. 1999/51; 2000/188, 352; 394; 2001/57, 368; 2002/99, 188, 192, 268; 2003/131, 422; 2004/37, 292; 2005/95; 2006/137, 321; 2007/191, 422; 2009/96, 183 and 2010/33.

(3)

Section 10 was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 66(2) and Schedule 10; the 1999 Act section 65(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 44; and by the 2005 Act, schedule 2, paragraph 2(4).

(4)

Section 9 was amended by the 1990 Act, section 29 and the 1999 Act, section 65 and Schedule 4, paragraph 43.

(5)

1984 (c.24); section 43 was substituted by S.I. 2005/2011.

(6)

Section 29 was substituted by the 1999 Act, section 58, and amended by the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 5), (“the 2002 Act”) schedule 2, paragraph 2(4); the 2004 Act, section 5 and by the 2005 Act, section 26 and schedule 2, paragraph 2(10).

(7)

Section 29C(1) was inserted by the 1999 Act, section 58.

(8)

Section 36B was inserted by S.I. 2005/2011, and amended by S.I. 2007/3101.

(9)

S.S.I. 2008/312.

(10)

Section 2 was amended by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983, Schedule 7, paragraph 1, by the 1990 Act, section 28, and Schedule 9, paragraph 19 and by the 2004 Act, schedule 2, paragraph 2(2).

(11)

Section 29(8) was amended by the 2002 Act, sections 25 and 27(2) and schedule 2, paragraph 2(4)(b), and the 2005 Act, section 26(2)(e).

(12)

Section 27(1)(c) was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c.53), section 20; the 1990 Act, section 66 and schedule 9, paragraph 19(7) and by the Medicinal Products: Prescription by Nurses etc. Act 1992 (c.28).

(13)

S.S.I. 2003/158 as amended by S.S.I. 2004/101, 2005/121 and 2006/131.

(14)

Section 14 was amended by S.I. 2005/211 and by 2007/3101.

(15)

Section 32A(2) was inserted by the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1995 (c.31) (“the 1995 Act”), section 1 and amended by the 1999 Act, section 65 and Schedule 4, paragraph 51 and by the 2005 Act, section 26(7)(b).

(16)

Section 32B(1) was substituted by the 1995 Act, section 8 and amended by the 1999 Act, section 65 and Schedule 4, paragraph 52, and by the 2005 Act, Schedule 3.

(17)

Schedule 8 was amended by the 1995 Act, section 12, S.I. 1995/3214; the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c.46), section 41(10), and Schedule 2, Part II, paragraph 58; S.I. 1998/631; the 1999 Act, sections 65(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 64, and by the 2005 Act, Schedule 2, paragraph 2.

(18)

S.S.I. 2004/292, amended by S.I. 2009/2054.

(19)

Regulation 6 was revoked by S.S.I. 2004/292.

(20)

S.R. (N.I.) 1993 No. 326, as amended.