Dentists Act 1984

[F1 43A. Provision of information and payment of fees by bodies corporate U.K.

(1) The Council shall maintain a list, in such form as they consider appropriate, of bodies corporate which carry on the business of dentistry.

(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a body corporate which carries on the business of dentistry shall, at intervals of no more than twelve months, provide the Council with the information specified in subsection (5).

(3) A body corporate which is carrying on the business of dentistry at the time when this section comes into force shall first provide the Council with the information specified in subsection (5) within the period of twelve months beginning with the date on which this section came into force.

(4) A body corporate which begins to carry on the business of dentistry after this section comes into force shall first provide the Council with the information specified in subsection (5) within the period of three months beginning with the date on which it begins to carry on that business.

(5) The information referred to in subsections (2), (3) and (4) is—

(a) the address of the body corporate’s principal office;

(b) the names of the directors of the body corporate and the addresses where they are resident;

(c) the names of all persons who practise dentistry in the course of the business and the addresses where they are resident;

(d) the names of all registered dental care professionals not falling within paragraph (b) or (c) who, in the course of the business, provide services in, or in relation to, any area of dentistry, and the addresses where they are resident; and

(e) such further information as may be specified in rules.

(6) Rules may specify the form and manner in which the information specified in subsection (5) is required to be provided.

(7) The Council may make regulations providing that a fee is payable by a body corporate on each occasion on which that body is required to provide information in accordance with subsection (2), (3) or (4).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 43-44B substituted for ss. 43, 44 (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. 39 (with Sch. 7) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2006/1671)