Welsh Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 489 (W.58)

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, WALES

The National Health Service (Personal Dental Services Agreements) (Wales) Regulations 2006

Made

28 February 2006

Coming into force

1 March 2006

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 28D, 28E and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and section 4(5) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(2).

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1977 c. 49; section 28D was inserted by section 21(1) of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46) (“the 1997 Act”); section 28E was inserted by section 22(1) of the 1997 Act and section 126(4) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 65(2); and by the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15) (“the 2001 Act”) Schedule 5, paragraph 5(13)(b). See section 128(1) of the Act as amended by the 1990 Act, section 26(2)(g) and (i), for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. As regards Wales, the functions of the Secretary of State under sections 28D, 28E and 126(4) of the Act and section 4 of the 1990 Act were transferred to Wales under S.I. 1999/672, article 2 and Schedule 1, as amended by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”), section 66(5) and as read with section 40(1) of the NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17) (“the 2002 Act”) and section 197(1) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43) (“the 2003 Act”).