The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2018

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2018 No. 300

National Health Service

The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2018

Made

4th October 2018

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

8th October 2018

Coming into force

1st December 2018

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25(1), 28A(4), 105(7) and 106(a) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 1 December 2018.

Amendment of the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2010

2.—(1) The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2010(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In schedule 1 (terms of service for dentists)—

(a) in paragraph 20(2A) (remuneration)(3), for “1 January 2019” substitute “1 January 2020”, and

(b) in paragraph 29(4) (completion of estimate)(4), for “1st January 2019” substitute “1 January 2020”.

Amendment of the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017

3.—(1) The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017(5) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1 (citation and commencement), for paragraph (5) substitute “Regulations 3(1)(d), 6 and 11(4)(a) come into force on 1 January 2020.”.

(3) In regulation 3, omit paragraph 2.

JOE FITZPATRICK

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

4th October 2018

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (“the 2010 Regulations”) and the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (“the 2017 Regulations”).

Regulation 2 amends the date relevant to submission of estimates in paragraphs 20 and 29 of schedule 1 of the 2010 Regulations to mirror the amended commencement dates made by regulation 3. Regulation 3 amends the commencement date of amendments made to the 2010 Regulations by regulations 3(1)(d), 6 and 11(4)(a) of the 2017 Regulations and omits paragraph 3(2) of the 2017 Regulations.

(1)

1978 c.29. Section 25(1) was amended by the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 13), section 15. Section 28A(4) was inserted by the Health Act 1999 (c.8), section 57 and amended by the Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 1), schedule 1, paragraph 1. Section 105(7) was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c.53), schedule 6, paragraph 5 and schedule 7, the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c.41), schedule 9, paragraph 24 and the Health Act 1999 (c.8), schedule 4, paragraph 60. Section 108(1) contains a definition of “regulations” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).

(2)

S.S.I. 2010/208, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2012/36, S.S.I. 2016/53 and S.S.I. 2017/289.

(3)

Sub paragraph (2A) was inserted by S.S.I. 2017/289.

(4)

Sub paragraph (4) was inserted by S.S.I. 2017/289.

(5)

S.S.I. 2017/289.