2008 No. 3238
Health Care And Associated Professions
Dentists
Professions Complementary To Dentistry

The General Dental Council (Constitution) (Amendment) Order of Council 2008

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
Their Lordships make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(2A) and (2B) of the Dentists Act 19841.

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the General Dental Council (Constitution) (Amendment) Order of Council 2008 and comes into force on 19th January 2009.

Amendment of article 4 of the General Dental Council (Constitution) Order of Council 20062.

In article 4 of the General Dental Council (Constitution) Order of Council 20062 (tenure of office of members of the Council), for paragraph (2) substitute the following paragraph—

“(2)

The term of office of a member—

(a)

whose term of office—

(i)

prior to the coming into force of the General Dental Council (Constitution) (Amendment) Order of Council 20073, would have expired at the end of 9th April 2008, and

(ii)

thereafter but prior to the coming into force of this paragraph, would have expired at the end of 9th April 2009; or

(b)

appointed on or after 9th April 2008 whose term of office, prior to the coming into force of this paragraph, would have expired at the end of 9th April 2009,

shall expire at the end of 9th October 2009.”

Judith Simpson
Clerk of the Privy Council
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision with regard to the constitution of the General Dental Council. Its effect is to extend the terms of office of the members of the Council which were due to expire at the end of 9th April 2009. They will instead expire at the end of 9th October 2009.