The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2003

Made8th September 2003

Laid before the Scottish Parliament10th September 2003

Coming into force1st October 2003

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(5), 25(1) and (2), 105(7) and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19781 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st October 2003.

Amendment of the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 19962

1

The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 19962 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 22(1) (statement of dental remuneration)3 in the Table, in column 2, for “Maternity payments” there is substituted “Maternity, paternity and adoptive leave payments”.

3

In each of paragraphs 1 and 2 in Part II of Schedule 4 (prior approval of care and treatment)4 for “£270” there is substituted “£280”.

MALCOLM CHISHOLMA member of the Scottish ExecutiveSt Andrew’s House, Edinburgh8th September 2003

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 (“the 1996 Regulations”), which make arrangements under which dentists provide general dental services as part of the National Health Service in Scotland.

Regulation 2(2) amends the table set out in regulation 22(1) of the 1996 Regulations to substitute a new matter for determination V in the Statement of Dental Remuneration, changing it from “Maternity payments” to “Maternity, paternity and adoptive leave payments”. This will enable the Scottish Ministers to make provision in the Statement of Dental Remuneration for paternity and adoptive leave payments, as well as for maternity payments.

Regulation 2(3) amends Schedule 4 to the 1996 Regulations to increase from £270 to £280 the amount specified as the maximum cost, or likely cost, of care and treatment which a dentist may undertake without seeking the prior approval of the Scottish Dental Practice Board.