- Welsh Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 918 (W. 106)
The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002
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| Made | 28 March 2002 | ||
| Coming into force | 1st April 2002 |
The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by sections 15(1), 35(1), 36(1) and (3) and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977[1] hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement, interpretation and application
1. - (1) These regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.
(2) In these regulations -
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"the 1992 Regulations" ("Rheoliadau 1992") means the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1992[2];
(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 "£260" substitute "£375".
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[3]
Rhodri Morgan
The First Secretary
Date 28 March 2002
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1992 ("the 1992 Regulations").
The 1992 Regulations regulate the terms on which general dental services are provided under the National Health Service Act 1977.
Regulation 2 amends Schedule 4 to the 1992 Regulations to increase (from £260 to £375) 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.
Notes:
[1] 1977 c.49; 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 15(1) was amended by section 5(2) of the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c.48) ("the 1984 Act"); by the 1990 Act, section 12(1) and by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c.17) ("the 1995 Act"), section 2(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 6(e).
Section 35(1) was substituted by S.I.1985/39, article 7(9), and amended by the 1995 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 24.
Section 36(1) was so numbered by the 1984 Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 5(1) and amended by S.I.1981/432, article 3(3)(a); by S.I.1985/39, article 7(10); by section 25 of and Schedule 2, paragraph 4 to the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c.49), by the 1990 Act, section 24(2) and by the 1995 Act , section 2(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 25(a). Section 36(3) was inserted by the 1990 Act, section 24(3).
Section 126(4) was amended by the 1990 Act, section 65(2); and by the Health Act 1999 (c.8) ("the 1999 Act"), Schedule 4, paragraph 37(6).
The functions of the Secretary of State under sections 15(1), 35(1), 36(1) and (3) and 126(4) of 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 2001/1359.back
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