SCHEDULES
X1SCHEDULE 5 Amendments of the Act of 1977 and the Scottish Act of 1978 relating to exemptions from charges for certain services and appliances
Part I Amendments of the Act of 1977
Exemption from charges for appliances
1
F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exemption from charges for dental or optical appliances
2
1
F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F32
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3
F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F34
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5
F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exemptions from charges for dental treatment
3
1
Paragraph 3 of the said Schedule 12 shall be amended as provided in this paragraph.
2
In sub-paragraph (4), for the words from “(a) was under 21 years” to “in a school”, there shall be substituted—
a
was under 18 years of age or was under 19 years of age and receiving qualifying full-time education, or
and the words from “if” to the end shall be omitted.
3
In sub-paragraph (5), for the words from “under section 79(1)” to “to a denture” there shall be substituted the words “
made with respect to any exemption under sub-paragraph (4) above
”
.
Interpretation
4
F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Part II Amendments of the Scottish Act of 1978
Exemption from charges for appliances
5
In paragraph 1(1)(c) of Schedule 11 to the Scottish Act of 1978, for the words “or is undergoing full-time education in a school, or”, there shall be substituted the words “
or is under 19 years of age and receiving qualifying full-time education, or
”
.
Exemption from charges for dental or optical appliances
6
1
Paragraph 2 of the said Schedule shall be amended as provided in this paragraph.
2
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3
For sub-paragraph (4)(a), there shall be substituted,—
a
was under 16 years of age or was under 19 years of age and receiving qualifying full-time education; or
4
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5
In sub-paragraph (8), after the word “replacement”, where it first occurs, there shall be inserted the words “
and, in the case of dentures, to their being relined or adjusted or having additions made to them,
”
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Exemptions from charges for dental treatment
7
1
Paragraph 3 of the said Schedule 11 shall be amended as provided in this paragraph.
2
In sub-paragraph (4), for the words from “(a) was under 21 years” to “in a school”, there shall be substituted—
a
was under 18 years of age or was under 19 years of age and receiving qualifying full-time education, or
and the words from “if” to the end shall be omitted.
3
In sub-paragraph (5), for the words from “under section 71(1)” to “to a denture” there shall be substituted the words “
made with respect to any exemption under sub-paragraph (4)
”
.
Interpretation
8
After paragraph 6 of the said Schedule 11, there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
7
References in this Schedule to qualifying full-time education mean full-time instruction at a recognised educational establishment or by other means accepted as comparable by the Secretary of State, and for the purposes of such references—
a
“recognised educational establishment” means an establishment recognised by the Secretary of State as being, or as comparable to, a school, college or university; and
b
regulations may prescribe the circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as receiving full-time instruction.
The text of Schedule 5 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.