PART 8DENTISTS: THE EUROPEAN PRIMARY AND SPECIALIST DENTAL QUALIFICATIONS REGULATIONS 1998
Substitution of regulation 4138
For regulation 4 M1 substitute—
The Directive: designation of competent authority etc.4
1
The GDC is designated as the competent authority in the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Directive relating to practice as a specialist dentist in orthodontics or oral surgery, including the awarding of CCSTs in orthodontics and oral surgery.
2
Accordingly, the GDC shall in the United Kingdom carry out (in particular) the functions specified in Schedule A1.
3
In Schedule A1, “non-UK specialist qualification” means a qualification as a specialist dentist in orthodontics or oral surgery that is awarded to a person by a competent authority of a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom.