The Health Services (Primary Care) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997

Provision of personal dental services under a pilot scheme

5.—(1) This Article applies to any pilot scheme under which personal dental services are provided.

(2) An agreement which constitutes, or is one of the agreements which together constitute, a pilot scheme may be made by a board only with one or more of the following—

(a) an HSS trust;

(b) a dental practitioner whose name is included in a dental list;

(c) an HSS employee or a pilot scheme employee;

(d) a qualifying body;

(e) an individual who is providing personal dental services under that or another pilot scheme.

(3) In this Article—

“dental list” means a list prepared in accordance with regulations under Article 61(2)(a) of the 1972 Order;

“HSS employee” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of health services, is employed by—

(a)

an HSS trust;

(b)

a dental practitioner whose name is included in a dental list; or

(c)

a dental practitioner who is providing personal dental services in accordance with a pilot scheme;

“pilot scheme employee” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of personal dental services in accordance with a pilot scheme, is employed by an individual providing those services;

“qualifying body” means—

(a)

a body corporate which, in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of the [1984 c. 24.] Dentists Act 1984, is entitled to carry on the business of dentistry; or

(b)

a company which is limited by shares all of which are legally and beneficially owned by persons falling within sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (e) of paragraph (2).