The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 339 (W. 83)

National Health Service, Wales

The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Made

8 March 2017

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

10 March 2017

Coming into force

1 April 2017

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 125 and 203(9) and (10) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006(1).

Title and commencement

1.  The title of these Regulations is the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and they come into force on 1 April 2017.

Amendment to the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2006

2.  In regulation 4 of the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2006(2) (calculation of charges)—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “£13.50” substitute “£14.00”;

(b) in paragraph (2), for “£43.00” substitute “£44.00”;

(c) in paragraph (3), for “£185.00” substitute “£190.00”;

(d) in paragraph (4), for “£185.00” substitute “£190.00”; and

(e) in paragraph (5), for “£13.50” substitute “£14.00”.

Revocation

3.  The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2015(3) are revoked.

Vaughan Gething

Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport, one of the Welsh Ministers

8 March 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/491 (W. 60)) (“the 2006 Regulations”).

Regulation 2 amends regulation 4 of the 2006 Regulations (calculation of charges) by increasing the applicable charge payable for a Band 1, Band 2 and a Band 3 course of treatment.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. A copy can be obtained from the Dental Division of the Directorate for Public Health, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.

(1)

2006 c. 42.

(2)

S.I. 2006/491 (W. 60), as amended.

(3)

S.I. 2015/512 (W. 44).