6(1)Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Schedule, the Council shall have power to do any thing which in their opinion is calculated to facilitate the proper discharge of their functions.U.K.
(2)The Council shall, in particular, have power to pay to their members F1... such fees and such travelling, subsistence or other allowances as they may determine.
[F2(2A)The Council shall also have power to pay the members of any of their committees such allowances and expenses as the Council may determine.]
(3)The powers of the Council and of any of the Council’s committees may be exercised notwithstanding any vacancy.
(4)No proceedings of the Council or of any of the Council’s committees shall be invalidated by any defect in the appointment of a member F3....
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 1 para. 6(2) omitted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2001/3926, art. 6(3)(a)
F2Sch. 1 para. 6(2A) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2001/3926, art. 7(2)
F3Words in Sch. 1 para. 6(4) omitted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2001/3926, art. 6(3)(b)
[F47(1)Subject to section 43B(13) and section 44(12), the Council may, after paying their expenses, allocate any of their income to—U.K.
(a)purposes connected with education or research in relation to—
(i)the dental profession, or
(ii)professions complementary to dentistry; or
(b)any other public purpose connected with either or both of those professions.
(2)In sub-paragraph (1), “expenses” includes the payments authorised under this Schedule to be made to members of the Council and their committees and the salaries and remuneration of the Council’s officers.]
Textual Amendments
F4Sch. 1 para. 7 substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(4)-(7) of the amending S.I. (see the London Gazette, issue nos. 57734, 57975, 58050 and 58769, dated respectively 19.8.2005, 5.6.2006, 21.7.2006 and 18.7.2008)) by The Dentists Act 1984 (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2011), art. 47(7) (with Sch. 7) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2006/1671)
8(1)The Council may make rules—U.K.
(a)for regulating the proceedings (including quorum) of the Council,
(b)for delegating, subject to the provisions of this Act, to committees, including the committees referred to in [F5section 2 of this Act], [F6or to any officer of the Council,] functions of the Council, and
(c)[F7subject to the provisions of this Act and in particular sub-paragraph (1A),] for appointing the members and regulating the proceedings (including quorum) of any committees, including the committees referred to in [F5section 2 of this Act] and any sub-committees.
[F8(1A)The power conferred by sub-paragraph (1)(c) does not include power to make any rules regulating the proceedings of the committees referred to in section 2 of this Act, in so far as the power to make such rules is specifically conferred by Schedule 3 or 4B to this Act.]
F9(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F10(2A)Some or all of the members of committees of the Council may be persons who are not members of the Council.]
F9(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)Nothing in this paragraph shall authorise the Council to delegate any power of making rules or regulations under any other provision of this Act.
Textual Amendments
F5Words in Sch. 1 para. 8(1)(b)(c) substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2001/3926, art. 7(1)(4)(a)
F6Words in Sch. 1 para. 8(1)(b) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(4)-(7) of the amending S.I. (see the London Gazette, issue nos. 57734, 57975, 58050 and 58769, dated respectively 19.8.2005, 5.6.2006, 21.7.2006 and 18.7.2008)) by The Dentists Act 1984 (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2011), art. 47(8)(a) (with Sch. 7) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2006/1671)
F7Words in Sch. 1 para. 8(1)(c) substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(4)-(7) of the amending S.I. (see the London Gazette, issue nos. 57734, 57975, 58050 and 58769, dated respectively 19.8.2005, 5.6.2006, 21.7.2006 and 18.7.2008)) by The Dentists Act 1984 (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2011), art. 47(8)(b) (with Sch. 7) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2006/1671)
F8Sch. 1 para. 8(1A) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(4)-(7) of the amending S.I. (see the London Gazette, issue nos. 57734, 57975, 58050 and 58769, dated respectively 19.8.2005, 5.6.2006, 21.7.2006 and 18.7.2008)) by The Dentists Act 1984 (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2011), art. 47(8)(c) (with Sch. 7) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2006/1671)
F9Sch. 1 para. 8(2)(3) omitted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(4)-(7) of the amending S.I. (see the London Gazette, issue nos. 57734, 57975, 58050 and 58769, dated respectively 19.8.2005, 5.6.2006, 21.7.2006 and 18.7.2008)) by virtue of The Dentists Act 1984 (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2011), art. 47(8)(d) (with Sch. 7) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2006/1671)
F10Sch. 1 para. 8(2A) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2001/3926, art. 7(1)(4)(c)