Amendment of the Regulation and Improvement Authority (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20052.
(1)
The principal regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraph:
(2)
In regulation 6 (Frequency of Inspections)—
(a)
in paragraph (1)(a) omit the word “and”;
(b)
after paragraph (1)(a) insert “(aa) in the case of an independent hospital where the treatment provided includes dental treatment under general anaesthesia or sedation, a minimum of once in every 24 month period; and”
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(c)
in paragraph (6) after “following year” add “and “24 month period” means a period commencing on and including 1st April in any year and ending on 31st March 2 years later.”
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