National Health Service (Charges for Dental Treatment) Regulations, 1952
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1952/1020 |
| Year | 1952 |
1952 No. 1020
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
The National Health Service (Charges for Dental Treatment) Regulations, 195223rdMay 1952
23rdMay 1952
1stJune 1952
The Minister of Health, in exercise of his powers under sections 40 and 44 of the National Health Service Act, 1946(a), and section 2 of the National Health Service Act, 1952(b), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations:—
1. These regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges for Dental Treatment) Regulations, 1952, and shall come into operation on the first day of June, 1952.
2.—(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:—
"the Act" means the National Health Service Act, 1952;
"dental estimate form" means the form set out in Part II of the Fourth Schedule to the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations, 1948(c), as amended by the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Amendment Regulations, 195l(d).
(2) The Interpretation Act, 1889(e), applies to the interpretation of these regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3. Any charge authorised by section 2 of the Act to be made in respect of services provided as part of the general dental services under Part IV of the National Health Service Act, 1946, may be made and recovered by the dental practitioner providing those services as a simple contract debt.
4. In providing general dental services for which a charge can be made under section 2 of the Act a dental practitioner shall comply with the following provisions of this regulation:—
(a) the practitioner shall obtain on a form provided for the purpose by the Executive Council an acknowledgment by the patient, or some person competent to sign the acknowledgment on his behalf, of his obligation to pay the said charge;
(b) the practitioner shall on receiving a sum in payment or part payment of the said charge give a receipt therefor on a form provided for the purpose by the Executive Council.
5. A dental practitioner providing general dental services for a person who claims exemption from such a charge as aforesaid on the ground that the person on the date of the contract or arrangement for the services—
(a) is under twenty-one years of age; or
(b) is an expectant mother or has borne a child within the previous twelve months;
(a) 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 81.
(b)...
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