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2001 No. 1359 (W.87)

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, WALES

The National Health Service (General Dental Services) and (Dental Charges) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001

  Made 29th March 2001 
  Coming into force 1st April 2001 

The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by sections 1(2), 35(1), 36(1), 78, 79A, 83A, 126(4) of and paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 12 to the National Health Service Act 1977 [1] hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement, interpretation and application
     1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Dental Services) and (Dental Charges) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.

    (2) In these Regulations - 

    (3) These Regulations shall apply to Wales only.

Amendment of Schedule 4 to the 1992 Regulations
     2. In Part II of Schedule 4 to the 1992 Regulations (prior approval treatment), in each of paragraphs 1 and 2, for "£230" substitute "£260".

Amendment of regulation 3 of the 1989 Regulations
    
3.  - (1) Regulation 3 of the 1989 Regulations is amended in accordance with the following provisions.

    (2) After paragraph 2(e) add - 

Amendment of regulation 5 of the 1989 Regulations
    
4.  - (1) After regulation 5 of the 1989 Regulations insert the following new regulation - 



Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998 (a) 1998[
4]


D. Elis Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

29th March 2001



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations further amend the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1992 ("the 1992 Regulations") and the National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 1989 ("the 1989 Regulations").

The 1992 Regulations regulate the terms on which general dental services are provided under the National Health Service Act 1977. The 1989 Regulations contain provisions as to the charges made for general dental services

Regulation 2 amends Schedule 4 to the 1992 Regulations to increase (from £230 to £260) the amount specified therein as the maximum cost, or likely cost, of care and treatment which a dentist may undertake without seeking the prior approval of the Dental Practice Board.

Regulation 3 extends regulation 3 of and adds a new Regulation 5A to the 1989 Regulations so that, subject to a declaration of entitlement being made in the form prescribed, persons under the age of 25 years and those who have attained the age of 60 years will be entitled to receive free dental examinations, where the examination is provided on or after the 1st April 2001.


Notes:

[1] 1977 c.49 ("the 1977 Act"); see section 128(1) as amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19)("the 1990 Act"), section 26(2)(g) and (i) for the definitions of "prescribed" and "regulations".

Section 35(1) was substituted by S.I.1985/39, article 7(9), and amended by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c.17)("the 1995 Act"), Schedule 1, paragraph 24.

Section 36(1) was so numbered by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c.48), Schedule 3, paragraph 5(1) and amended by S.I.1981/432, article 3(3)(a); by S.I.1984/39, article 7(10); by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c.49) ("the 1988 Act"), Schedule 2, paragraph 4; by the 1990 Act, section 24 and by the 1995 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 25(a).

Section 78 was amended by sections 11, 25 of and Schedule 2, paragraph 25 to the 1988 Act.

Section 79A was inserted by the 1988 Act, section 11(3).

Section 83A was inserted by the Social Security Act 1988 (c.7); and amended by the 1988 Act, section 25 and Schedule 2, paragraph 6; by the 1990 Act, section 66 and Schedule 9; by the 1995 Act, section 2 and Schedule 1 and by S.I.1998/2835, article 2.

Section 126(4) was amended by the 1990 Act, section 65(2) and by the Health Act 1999 (c.9) ("the 1999 Act"), Schedule 4, paragraph 37(6).

The functions of the Secretary of State under sections 1(2), 35(1), 36(1), 78, 79A, 83A, 126(4) and paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 12 to the 1977 Act are transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I.1999/672, article 2 and Schedule 1, as amended by section 66(5) of the 1999 Act.back

[2] S.I.1992/661; relevant amending instruments are S.I.1992/1509 and 1998/1648.back

[3] S.I.1989/394; relevant amending instruments are S.I.1991/581 and 1998/2221.back

[4] 1998 (c.38)back



Cymraeg (Welsh)



ISBN 0-11-090229-7


  Prepared 11 June 2001


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