Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Amendment Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st July 1991.

Amendment of the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1973

2.-(1) The National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1973(2) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) In paragraph 16 (2) of Schedule 1 (terms of service for dentists)-

(a)after head (m) there is inserted the following head:-

"(mm)any treatment immediately necessary as a result of trauma;";

(b)in head (n) after "(f)" there is added "and (mm)";

(c)in head (o) for the words "and (k)" there are substituted the words ", (k) and (mm)";

(d)in head (p) after "(k)" there is added "and (mm)"; and

(e)in head (q) for the words "and (m)" there are substituted the words ", (m) and (mm)".

(3) In Part II of Schedule 1C (prior approval treatment)-

(a)in paragraph 1 (course of care and treatment) for "£500" there is substituted "£600"; and

(b)in paragraph 2 (orthodontic care and treatment) for "£500" there is substituted "£600".

Application of these Regulations

3. The amendments made by regulation 2(3) of these Regulations apply only in relation to a course of care and treatment, or to any orthodontic care and treatment, commenced on or after 1st July 1991.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1973 ("the principal Regulations") which regulate the terms on which general dental services are provided under the National Health Service Act 1977.

Regulation 2(2) adds a further item to the list of items of treatment which a dentist can provide as occasional treatment.

Regulation 2(3) amends Schedule 1C to the principal Regulations to increase from £500 to £600 the maximum cost of a course of careand treatment or any orthodontic careand treatment which a dentist may provide without first seeking the prior approval of the Dental Practice Board. These amendments apply only in relation to careand treatment commenced on or after 1st July 1991 (regulation 3).