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The National Health Service (Personal Dental Services Agreements) (Wales) Regulations 2006

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4.—(1) A Relevant Body may make an agreement with an individual falling within section 28D(1)(b) to (d) of the Act if that individual does not fall within paragraph (3).

(2) A Relevant Body may make an agreement with a qualifying body only if—

(a)the qualifying body; or

(b)any director, chief executive or secretary of the qualifying body,

does not fall within paragraph (3).

(3) A person falls within this paragraph if—

(a)he, she or it (in the case of a qualifying body) is the subject of a national disqualification;

(b)subject to paragraph (4), he, she or it is disqualified or suspended (other than by an interim suspension order or direction pending an investigation) from practising by any licensing body anywhere in the world;

(c)within the period of five years prior to the date the agreement is to be commenced or, if earlier, the date on which the agreement is to be signed—

(i)he or she has been dismissed (otherwise than by reason of redundancy) from any employment by a health service body, unless he or she has subsequently been employed by that health service body or another health service body and paragraph (5) applies to him or her or that dismissal was the subject of a finding of unfair dismissal by any competent tribunal or court; or

(ii)he, she or it has been removed from, or refused admission to, a primary care list by reason of inefficiency, fraud or unsuitability (within the meaning of section 49F(2), (3) and (4) of the Act(1) respectively) unless his, her or its name has subsequently been included in such a list;

(d)he or she has been convicted in the United Kingdom of—

(i)murder; or

(ii)a criminal offence other than murder, committed on or after 26 August 2002, and has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of over six months;

(e)subject to paragraph (6), he or she has been convicted outside the United Kingdom of an offence—

(i)which would, if committed in England and Wales, constitute murder; or

(ii)committed on or after 26 August 2002, which would if committed in England and Wales, constitute a criminal offence other than murder, and been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of over six months;

(f)he or she has been convicted of an offence referred to in Schedule 1 to the Children and Young Persons Act 1933(2) (offences against children and young persons with respect to which special provisions of this Act apply) or Schedule 1 to the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995(3) (offences against children under the age of 17 years to which special provisions apply) committed on or after 1 April 2006;

(g)he, she or it has—

(i)been [F1made] bankrupt or had sequestration of his or her estate awarded [F2or he or she is a person in relation to whom a moratorium period under a debt relief order (under Part 7A of the Insolvency Act 1986) applies] unless F3... he or she has been discharged [F4from the bankruptcy or sequestration] or the bankruptcy order has been annulled,

(ii)been made the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order or an interim bankruptcy restrictions order under Schedule 4A [F5, or a debt relief restrictions order or interim debt relief restrictions order under Schedule 4ZB,] to the Insolvency Act 1986(4) unless that order has ceased to have effect or has been annulled, or

(iii)made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his, her or its creditors unless he, she or it has been discharged in respect of it;

(h)an administrator, administrative receiver or receiver is appointed in respect of it;

(i)he or she has within the period of five years prior to the date the contract is to be commenced or, if earlier, the date on which the contract is to be signed—

(i)been removed from the office of charity trustee or trustee for a charity by an order made by the Charity Commissioners or the High Court on the grounds of any misconduct or mismanagement in the administration of the charity for which he or she was responsible or to which he or she was privy, or which he or she by his or her conduct contributed to or facilitated;

(ii)been removed under section 7 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990(5) (powers of the Court of Session to deal with management of charities), from being concerned in the management or control of any body; or

(iii)been subject to a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986(6), the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986(7) or to an order made under section 429(2)(b) of the Insolvency Act 1986(8) (failure to pay under county court administration order).

(4) A person will not fall within paragraph (3)(b) where the Relevant Body is satisfied that the disqualification or suspension from practising is imposed by a licensing body outside the United Kingdom and it does not make the person unsuitable to be—

(a)a party to an agreement;

(b)in the case of an agreement with a qualifying body, a director, chief executive or secretary of the qualifying body,

as the case may be.

(5) Where a person has been employed as a member of a health care profession any subsequent employment must also be as a member of that profession.

(6) A person will not fall within paragraph (3)(e) where the Relevant Body is satisfied that the conviction does not make the person unsuitable to be—

(a)a party to an agreement; or

(b)in the case of an agreement with a qualifying body, a member, director, chief executive or secretary of the qualifying body.

[F6(7) In this regulation “health service body” includes a Strategic Health Authority and a Primary Care Trust.]

(1)

Section 49F was inserted into the Act by section 25 of the 2001 Act.

(2)

1933 c. 12 as amended by the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), section 58(1), Schedule 10, paragraph (2); the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), section 139 and Schedule 6, paragraph 7; the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), section 170 and Schedule 15, paragraph 8 and Schedule 16, paragraph 16; and the Sexual Offences Act 1956 (c. 69), sections 48 and 51 and Schedules 3 and 4; and modified by the Criminal Justice Act 1988, section 170(1), Schedule 15, paragraph 9.

(4)

1986 c. 45. Schedule 4A was inserted by section 257 of, and Schedule 20 to, the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40).

(6)

1986 c. 46 as amended by the Insolvency Act 2000 (c. 39).

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