The National Health Service (Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 1991

Amendment of the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 1989

7.—(1) The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 1989(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 4 (calculation of charges)—

(a) in paragraph (4) after the words “Health Board”—

(i) in the first place where they occur there are inserted the words “or NHS trust”; and

(ii) in the second place where they occur there are inserted the words “,NHS trust”; and

(b) in paragraph (5) for “£150” in each place where it occurs there is substituted “£200”.

(3) In regulation 5 (conditions for exemption under the Act)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(b) after the words “Secretary of State” there are inserted the words “or an NHS trust”; and

(b) in paragraph (4) after the words “Secretary of State” there are inserted the words “, the NHS trust”.

(4) In regulation 6(1) (making and recovery of charges) for the words “or Health Board” there are substituted the words “, Health Board or NHS trust”.

(5) In regulation 8(1) (charges for more expensive supplies and repairs) —

(a) after the words “Secretary of State” there are inserted the words “or NHS trust”; and

(b) for the words “he may” there are substituted the words “he or, as the case may be, the trust may”.

(1)

S.I. 1989/363, amended by S.I. 1990/1772.