Part I

Pilot Schemes for Primary Care

Preparation and making of pilot schemes

Provision of personal dental services under a pilot scheme
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1
This section applies to any pilot scheme under which personal dental services are provided.
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An agreement which constitutes, or is one of the agreements which together constitute, a pilot scheme may be made by an authority only with one or more of the following—
a
an NHS trust;
b
a dental practitioner whose name is included in a dental list;
c
an NHS employee or a pilot scheme employee;
d
a qualifying body;
e
an individual who is providing personal dental services under that or another pilot scheme.
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In this section—
- “dental list” means—
  1. in relation to England and Wales, a list prepared in accordance with regulations made under section 36(1)(a) of the 1977 Act;
  2. in relation to Scotland, a list prepared in accordance with regulations made under section 25(2)(a) of the 1978 Act;
- “NHS employee” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of services in the health service, is employed by—
  1. an NHS trust;
  2. a dental practitioner whose name is included in a dental list; or
  3. a dental practitioner who is providing personal dental services in accordance with a pilot scheme;
- “pilot scheme employee” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of personal dental services in accordance with a pilot scheme, is employed by an individual providing those services;
- “qualifying body” means—
  1. a body corporate which, in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of the Dentists Act 1984, is entitled to carry on the business of dentistry; or
  2. a company which is limited by shares all of which are legally and beneficially owned by persons falling within paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (e) of subsection (2).
1984 c. 24.