[F1 [F2 Part I U.K. Pilot Schemes for Primary Care

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. I ceases to have effect for specified purposes (S.) (1.4.2004) by virtue of Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 1), ss. 3, 9(1); S.S.I. 2004/58, art. 2(3)

F2 Pt. I repealed (E.W.) (1.4.2004 for specified purposes, 1.4.2006 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), ss. 178, 199(1)(4), Sch. 14 Pt. 4 Note (with S.I. 2004/865, arts. 1(1), 58); S.I. 2004/288, arts. 4(3)(b), 6(2)(p) (with art. 8) (as amended by S.I. 2004/866 and S.I. 2005/2925); S.I. 2004/480, art. 5(2)(p) (with arts. 6, 7) (as amended by S.I. 2004/1019 and S.I. 2006/345), S.I. 2005/2925, arts. 6(2)(b), 11, S.I. 2006/345, art. 4(2)(b)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. I (ss. 1-20): Power to modify conferred (prosp.) by 1999 c. 8, ss. 61(1)-(4), 67(1)

Preparation and making of pilot schemes E+W+S

3 Provision of personal dental services under a pilot scheme. E+W+S

(1) This section applies to any pilot scheme under which personal dental services are provided.

(2) An agreement which constitutes, or is one of the agreements which together constitute, a pilot scheme may be made by an authority only with one or more of the following—

(a) an NHS trust;

(b) a dental practitioner whose name is included in a dental list;

(c) an NHS employee or a pilot scheme employee;

(d) a qualifying body;

(e) an individual who is providing personal dental services under that or another pilot scheme.

F3 [(f) a Primary Care Trust]

(3) In this section—

• “dental list” means—

  (a)

  in relation to England and Wales, a list prepared in accordance with regulations made under section 36(1)(a) of the 1977 Act;

  (b)

  in relation to Scotland, a list prepared in accordance with regulations made under section 25(2)(a) of the 1978 Act;

• “NHS employee” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of services in the health service, is employed by—

  (a)

  an NHS trust;

  (b)

  a dental practitioner whose name is included in a dental list; or

  (c)

  a dental practitioner who is providing personal dental services in accordance with a pilot scheme;

• “pilot scheme employee” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of personal dental services in accordance with a pilot scheme, is employed by an individual providing those services;

• “qualifying body” means—

  (a)

  a body corporate which, in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of the M1 Dentists Act 1984, is entitled to carry on the business of dentistry; or

  (b)

  a company which is limited by shares all of which are legally and beneficially owned by persons falling within paragraph (a), (b), (c) [F4 (e) or (f)] of subsection (2).]]

Textual Amendments

F3 S. 3(2)(f) inserted (1.10.1999 for S., 4.1.2000 for E., and otherwiseprosp.) by 1999 c. 8, ss. 65(1), 67(1), Sch. 4 para. 88(4)(a); S.S.I. 1999/90, art. 2(b); S.I. 1999/2342, art. 2(3)(a), Sch. 2

F4 Words in definition of “qualifying body” in s. 3(3)(b) substituted (1.10.1999 for S., 4.1.2000 for E., and otherwiseprosp.) by 1999 c. 8, ss. 65(1), 67(1)(2), Sch. 4 para. 88(4)(b); S.S.I. 1999/90, art. 2(b); S.I. 1999/2342, art. 2(3)(a), Sch. 2

Marginal Citations

M1 1984 c. 24.