Dentists Act 1984

[F1 1 (1) In this Part of this Schedule— U.K.

“Community Council Directive No. 78/686/EEC” means Community Council Directive No. 78/686/ EEC M1 concerning the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of the formal qualifications of practitioners in dentistry, as adapted, amended or extended by the Accession of Greece Act, Council Directive No. 81/1057/ EEC M2 , the Accession of Spain and Portugal Act, Council Directives Nos. 89/594/ EEC M3 and 90/658/ EECM4 , the EEA Agreement [F2 , the Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden Act, Directive 2001/19/ EC [F3 , the Swiss Agreement and the Act of Accession 2003 ]];

“competent authority” means an authority or body designated by an EEA State in accordance with Community Council Directive No. 78/686/ EEC ;

“the Dental Training Directive” means Community Council Directive No. 78/687/ EEC M5 concerning the co-ordination of provisions in respect of activities of dental practitioners as amended by the Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden Act [F4 , Directive 2001/19/ EC and the Act of Accession 2003];

“the implementation date” means—

(a) in the case of Greece, 1st January 1981;

(b) in the case of Portugal, 1st January 1986;

(c) in the case of Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, 1st January 1994;

(d) in the case of Liechtenstein, 1st May 1995; F5 ...

[F6 (da) in the case of Switzerland, 1st June 2002; F7 ... ]

[F8 (db) in the case of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, 1st May 2004;]

(e) in the case of any other EEA State, the date notified by the State to the Commission as that on which it implemented the Dental Training Directive;

• “scheduled European diploma” means a diploma specified in Part II of this Schedule.

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph—

“the Accession of Greece Act” means the Act annexed to the Treaty relating to the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the European Community signed at Athens on 28th May 1979M6 ;

“the Accession of Spain and Portugal Act” means the Act annexed to the Treaty relating to the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the European Community signed at Madrid and Lisbon on 12th June 1985;

“the Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden Act” means the Act annexed to the Treaty relating to the accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union, signed at Corfu on 24th June 1994M7 , as adjusted by the Decision of the Council of the European Union of 1st January 1995 adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of new member States to the European Union.

[F9 “the Swiss Agreement” means the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons, signed at Luxembourg on 21st June 1999.]

[F10 “the Act of Accession 2003” means the Act annexed to the Treaty relating to the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the Adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded signed at Athens on 16th April 2003.]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1 substituted (1.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1496, reg. 3(2)

F2 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(1) substituted (31.12.2003) by The European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3148), reg. 6(6)(a)(i)

F3 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(1) substituted (18.8.2004) by European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947), regs. 1(2), 11(3)(a)(i)

F4 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(1) substituted (18.8.2004) by European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947), regs. 1(2), 11(3)(a)(ii)

F5 Word in Sch. 2 para. 1(1) omitted (31.12.2003) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3148), reg. 6(6)(a)(iii)

F6 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(1) inserted (31.12.2003) by The European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3148), reg. 6(6)(a)(iii)

F7 Word in Sch. 2 para. 1(1) omitted (18.8.2004) by virtue of European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947), regs. 1(2), 11(3)(a)(iii)

F8 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(1) inserted (18.8.2004) by European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947), regs. 1(2), 11(3)(a)(iii)

F9 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(2) added (31.12.2003) by The European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3148), reg. 6(6)(b)

F10 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(2) inserted (18.8.2004) by European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions and Accession of New Member States) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1947), regs. 1(2), 11(3)(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 O.J. No. L233, 24.8.78, p.1.

M2 O.J. No. L385, 31.12.81, p.25.

M3 O.J. No. L341, 23.11.89, p.19.

M4 O.J. No. L353, 17.12.90, p.73.

M5 O.J. No. L233, 24.8.78, p.10.

M6 O.J. No. L291, 19.11.79, p.91.

M7 O.J. C241, 29.8.94, p.21. Norway did not ratify the Treaty.