United Kingdom Statutory Instruments

(a) members who are registered dentists;

(b) members of classes of dental auxiliaries established by regulations under this Act; and

(c) lay members.

    (2) An Order in Council made under section 1(2A) of this Act shall provide for the numbers of each of the three categories of member mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above.

    (3) The number of members falling within sub-paragraph (1)(a) shall exceed the combined number of members falling within sub-paragraphs (1)(b) and (1)(c).

    (4) A person shall not be disqualified from being appointed or elected as a member of the Council merely because he has already been a member.

    (5) In this paragraph and paragraph 2, "lay member" means a member who is neither a registered dentist nor a dental auxiliary.

(a) the appointment of lay members to the Council,

(b) the tenure and termination of office of the lay members, and

(c) any other matter which appears to Her Majesty to be necessary or expedient in relation to the lay membership of the Council.

    (2) The lay members shall be appointed by Her Majesty on the advice of Her Privy Council.

    (3) The Privy Council's advice as to the appointment of lay members shall be such that, if accepted, the Council's lay members would include at least one person from each of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (meaning that he lives or works there, or mainly there).

(a) their tenure and termination of office,

(b) by-elections, and

(c) any other matter which appears to Her Majesty to be necessary or expedient in relation to the registered dentist and dental auxiliary membership of the Council.

    (2) Council shall make rules to provide for an election scheme for the election of the members mentioned in paragraph 1(1)(a) and 1(1)(b) above.

    (3) Such rules may provide for a scheme which - 

(a) makes different provision in relation to the two categories of member mentioned in those paragraphs, and

(b) makes different provision for different cases or classes of case,

and may contain such incidental, consequential, saving, transitional or supplementary provisions as appear to the Council to be necessary or expedient.

    (4) The election scheme must secure that the Council's membership includes at least one registered dentist from each of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

    (5) A registered dentist is "from" England (etc.) if his address in the register is there at the time of his nomination.

    (6) Rules under this paragraph shall not come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council contained in a statutory instrument.

(a) until the end of the period during which he may appeal to the Continuing Professional Development Committee by virtue of rules made under subsection (3) above, or

(b) if he does appeal to that Committee, until the appeal process (including any appeal to Her Majesty in Council) has been exhausted.

(a) for securing that notice that the proceedings are to be brought shall be given, at such time and in such manner as may be specified in the rules, to the person to whose registration the proceedings relate;

(b) for securing that any party to the proceedings shall, if he so requires, be entitled to be heard by the Committee;

(c) for enabling any party to the proceedings to be represented by counsel or solicitor, or (if the rules so provide and the party so elects) by a person of such other description as may be specified in the rules;

(d) for requiring proceedings be held in public unless the person to whose registration the proceedings relate requests otherwise.

(a) the fitness of the registered dentist to practise may be seriously impaired by reason of his physical or mental condition;

(b) he may have been convicted as mentioned in section 27(1)(a) of this Act; or

(c) he may have been guilty of serious professional misconduct,

they may refer the matter to the Preliminary Proceedings Committee or to the Health Committee, whichever is appropriate.