The National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 1989

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st April 1989.

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–

(a) “the Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;

“basic type” means, in relation to a dental appliance, a type no more expensive than that which is clinically necessary for such a reasonable standard of dental efficiency and oral health as is necessary to safeguard general health;

“the Board” means the Dental Practice Board constituted under section 37 of the Act(1);

“bridge” means a fixed or a removable bridge which takes the place of any teeth;

“dental estimate form” has the same meaning as in the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1973(2);

“denture” does not include an obturator;

“patient” includes a person who pays or undertakes to pay a charge on behalf of a person to whom a dental appliance is supplied or to whom some other service is provided;

“Statement of Dental Remuneration” means the Statement published under regulation 23 of the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1973;

“Statement remuneration” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 4(2) and (3);

“supply”, in relation to an appliance, includes its replacement;

(b) a reference to the Secretary of State includes a reference to a health authority exercising functions on his behalf(3);

(c) a reference to a numbered regulation or Schedule is to the regulation in, or Schedule to, these Regulations bearing that number and a reference in a regulation or Schedule to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation or Schedule bearing that number.

(1)

See section 12(1) of the 1988 Act.

(2)

S.I. 1973/1468; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1980/986, 1985/1336, 1987/1965 and 1988/2265.

(3)

See section 13 of the National Health Service Act 1977 and S.I. 1989/51.