Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Choice of Dental Practitioner) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 (“the principal Regulations”), which make provisions relating to the right of any person to choose a dentist from whom he is to receive primary dental service.
Regulation 2 corrects an omission in the principal regulations to make provision for an application for primary dental services on behalf of a person under the age of 18 who is looked after by a local authority within the meaning of section 17(6) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 to be made by a person duly authorised by that authority.