Part VI Miscellaneous and Supplementary

Supplementary

C150DF1Rules: consultation requirements

1

Before making rules under F6section 16A(1), 16B(3), 36CB(1) or 36CC(3) or Schedule 3 or 4B, the Council shall consult—

a

such persons to whom subsection (2) applies as the Council consider appropriate;

b

the bodies within subsection (4); and

c

such bodies to which subsection (5) applies as the Council consider appropriate.

2

This subsection applies to persons who appear to the Council to be representative of one or more of the following—

a

users of the services of registered dentists;

b

users of the services of registered dental care professionals;

c

registered dentists;

d

registered dental care professionals;

e

employers of registered dentists; and

f

employers of registered dental care professionals.

3

The Council shall exercise their function under subsection (1)(a) so that the persons consulted are, taken together, representative of all the categories of person mentioned in subsection (2)(a) to (f).

4

The bodies within this subsection are—

F2a

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b

Local Health Boards in Wales;

c

Health Boards in Scotland; F3...

d

F4Health and Social Care trusts in Northern Ireland F5; and

e

the Department of Health in Northern Ireland.

5

This subsection applies to bodies which make arrangements, for the provision of dental services, with one or both of the following—

a

registered dentists,

b

registered dental care professionals,

but are not within subsection (4).

6

Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to rules made under Schedule 3 as applied (with modifications) by section 44A (supplementary provisions relating to financial penalties in relation to bodies corporate), but before making such rules the Council shall consult—

a

the bodies corporate which carry on the business of dentistry; and

b

such organisations appearing to the Council to be representative of users of the services of those bodies corporate as the Council consider appropriate.