The Private Dentistry (Wales) Regulations 2017

Regulation 33

SCHEDULE 5 Fees

Annual fees

1.—(1) For the purposes of section 16(3) of the Act, the registered provider of a private dental practice must pay an annual fee and the amount of the annual fee is the sum specified in sub-paragraph (2).

(2) The amount of the annual fee payable is—

(a) £500; or

(b) £300, if the private dental practice consists of no more than one dentist and that dentist provides—

(i) private dental services; and

(ii) dental services for the purposes of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006.

(3) Where a person registers in respect of a private dental practice—

(a) the first annual fee will be payable on a date one month after the date of first registration (“the due date”); and

(b) thereafter, the annual fee will be payable on 1 April in each year.

(4) The first annual fee referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(a) is to be calculated as one twelfth of £500 or £300, as the case may be, for each complete month from the due date to the first occurrence of 31 March immediately following the due date.

Registration fee

2.  For the purposes of section 12(2) of the Act, the fee to accompany an application by either a provider or a manager seeking to be registered under Part 2 of the Act in relation to a private dental practice is £0.

Fee in respect of applications to vary a condition of registration

3.  For the purposes of section 15(3) of the Act, the fee to accompany an application by the registered person under section 15(1)(a) of the Act to vary a condition of registration in respect of a private dental practice is as follows—

(a) for a major variation the fee is specified as £500;

(b) for a minor variation the fee is specified as £250.

Fee in respect of applications to remove a condition of registration

4.  For the purposes of section 15(3) of the Act, the fee to accompany an application by the registered person under section 15(1)(a) of the Act to remove a condition of registration in respect of a private dental practice is specified as £50.

Refund of annual fees

5.—(1) Where the registered provider applies to cancel its registration under section 15(1)(b) of the Act within six months of the preceding 1 April and the registration authority agrees to grant that application, a refund of up to 75% of the annual fee will be paid to the registered provider.

(2) The amount of the refund to which a registered provider is entitled is a quarter of the annual fee paid for each complete quarter which remains of the twelve month period for which it is due as at the date the registration authority receives the application to cancel and subject to a maximum refund of 75%.