PART VIGENERAL HEALTH SERVICES
Local representative committees
F1Recognition ofF2 Local Dental Committees, Local Optical Committees and Local Pharmaceutical Committees55
Para. (1) rep. by 2004 NI 2
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F12The Department may recognise a committee formed for F3an area which it is satisfied is representative of—
a
the dental practitioners providing general dental services in that area;
b
those dental practitioners and the deputy dental practitioners for that area; or
c
the dental practitioners mentioned in—
i
sub-paragraph (a); or
ii
sub-paragraph (b),
and the Article 15B dental practitioners for that area,
and any committee so recognised shall be called the Local Dental Committee for the area.
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a
of the F5ophthalmic medical practitioners and ophthalmic opticians providing general ophthalmic services in that area, or
b
of the persons providing pharmaceutical services in that area,
F13the Department may recognise that committee; and any committee so recognised shall be called the Local Optical Committee or the Local Pharmaceutical Committee, as the case may be, for the area concerned.
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Any committee recognised under this Article may with the approval of F14the Department delegate any of its functions, with or without restrictions or conditions, to sub-committees composed of members of that committee.
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For the purposes of this Article and Article 55A, a person who meets the condition in paragraph (6)—
Sub-paras. (a) and (b) rep. by 2004 NI 2
c
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For the purposes of paragraph (5)—
a
b
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