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(1)This section applies to any pilot scheme under which personal dental services are provided.
(2)An agreement which constitutes, or is one of the agreements which together constitute, a pilot scheme may be made by an authority only with one or more of the following—
(a)an NHS trust;
(b)a dental practitioner whose name is included in a dental list;
(c)an NHS employee or a pilot scheme employee;
(d)a qualifying body;
(e)an individual who is providing personal dental services under that or another pilot scheme.
(3)In this section—
“dental list” means—
in relation to England and Wales, a list prepared in accordance with regulations made under section 36(1)(a) of the 1977 Act;
in relation to Scotland, a list prepared in accordance with regulations made under section 25(2)(a) of the 1978 Act;
“NHS employee” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of services in the health service, is employed by—
an NHS trust;
a dental practitioner whose name is included in a dental list; or
a dental practitioner who is providing personal dental services in accordance with a pilot scheme;
“pilot scheme employee” means an individual who, in connection with the provision of personal dental services in accordance with a pilot scheme, is employed by an individual providing those services;
“qualifying body” means—
a body corporate which, in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of the M1Dentists Act 1984, is entitled to carry on the business of dentistry; or
a company which is limited by shares all of which are legally and beneficially owned by persons falling within paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (e) of subsection (2).
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