Part 1 National Health Service

General and personal medical services, general dental services, general ophthalmic services and pharmaceutical services

I122 Dental corporations

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The 1977 Act shall be amended as follows.

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In section 35 (arrangements for general dental services)—

a

in subsection (1)—

i

after “dental practitioners” there shall be inserted “ or dental corporations ”, and

ii

after “dental practitioner” there shall be inserted “ or dental corporation ”,

b

in subsection (2)—

i

after “dental practitioner who” there shall be inserted “ , or dental corporation which, ”,

ii

after “salary” there shall be inserted “ (or, in the case of a dental corporation, a fixed rate of remuneration) ”, and

iii

in paragraph (b), after “practitioner” there shall be inserted “ or corporation ”, and

c

after subsection (4) there shall be inserted—

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In this Act, “dental corporation” means a body corporate which carries on the business of dentistry (within the meaning of section 40 of the Dentists Act 1984 (c. 24)).

3

In section 36 (regulations about general dental services)—

a

in subsection (1)(a), after “dental practitioners” there shall be inserted “ and dental corporations ”,

b

in subsection (1)(b), after “dental practitioner” there shall be inserted “ or dental corporation ”,

c

in subsection (1)(d), after “dental practitioners” there shall be inserted “ and dental corporations ”, and

d

in subsection (3), after “dental practitioner” there shall be inserted “ or dental corporation ”.

4

In section 37 (Dental Practice Board), after subsection (1C) there shall be inserted—

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In subsections (1A) and (1B), references to a dental practitioner include references to a dental corporation.

5

In section 128(1) (interpretation), in the appropriate place there shall be inserted—

“dental corporation” has the meaning given by section 35(5);