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Article 6
1.—(1) The Schedule to the 2015 Order continues to apply for the purpose of any knowledge and skills assessment that takes place before the relevant date as if the provisions of the Schedule had been made by rules under section 16A(1) of the Dentists Act 1984.
(2) Where on or before the relevant date a person receives notice from the Council in writing of a date on which they are to sit Part 2 of the ORE whether in whole or in part (“the sitting”) the Schedule to the 2015 Order continues to apply for the purpose of the sitting mentioned in the notice as if the provisions of the Schedule had been made by rules under section 16A(1) of the Dentists Act 1984.
(3) In this paragraph—
“the 2015 Order” means the General Dental Council (Overseas Registration Examination Regulations) Order of Council 2015;
“knowledge and skills assessment” means an assessment imposed by the Council by virtue of rules under section 16A(1) of the Dentists Act 1984 of the kind mentioned in section 16A(2)(a) of that Act;
“ORE” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the 2015 Order;
“Part 2 of the ORE” has the meaning given by paragraph (3)(b) of the Schedule to the 2015 Order;
“relevant date” means the day one year after the day on which this Order comes into force.
2.—(1) Where—
(a)an application for registration in, or restoration to, the dental care professionals register is received before the coming into force of this Order, and
(b)the qualification with which the application is concerned is a diploma in dentistry,
section 36C (qualifications for registration) of the Dentists Act 1984 continues to apply in relation to the determination of that application and any appeal arising from it as if that section was not amended by this Order.
(2) Where an application for restoration to the dental care professionals register is received after the coming into force of this Order, by a person—
(a)who was registered in the dental care professionals register before the coming into force of this Order, and
(b)whose qualification is a diploma in dentistry,
section 36C of the Dentists Act 1984 continues to apply to the determination of that application and any appeal arising from it as if that section were not amended by this Order.
(3) In this paragraph “the dental care professionals register” means the register kept under section 36C of the Dentists Act 1984.
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