The Scottish Dental Practice Board Amendment Regulations 2019

JurisdictionScotland
CitationSSI 2019/346
Year2019

2019 No. 346

National Health Service

The Scottish Dental Practice Board Amendment Regulations 2019

Made 28th October 2019

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 30th October 2019

Coming into force 9th December 2019

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4(1) and (2), 105(7) and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19781and all other powers enabling them to do so.

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Scottish Dental Practice Board Amendment Regulations 2019 and come into force on 9 December 2019.

S-2 Amendment of the Scottish Dental Practice Board Regulations 1997

Amendment of the Scottish Dental Practice Board Regulations 1997

2.—(1) The Scottish Dental Practice Board Regulations 19972are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a)

(a) omit the definition of “Common Services Agency”, and

(b)

(b) in the definition of “member” for “chairman” substitute “chairing member”.

(3) For regulation 4 (constitution of the Board) substitute—

S-4

Constitution of the Board

4. The Board must consist of—

(a) a chairing member who is the Chief Dental Officer or Deputy Chief Dental Officer, and

(b) such other members, a majority of whom must be dentists, that the Scottish Ministers consider necessary.”.

(4) For regulation 5 (appointment of members) substitute—

S-5

Appointment of members

5. All members must be appointed by the Scottish Ministers.”.

(5) For regulation 6 (deputy chairman) substitute—

S-6

Deputy chairing member

6.—(1) If for any period the chairing member is unable to act, the Scottish Ministers may appoint a deputy chairing member to act in their place for that period.

(2) The deputy chairing member must be either the Chief Dental Officer or the Deputy Chief Dental Officer, whomever of which is not currently appointed as the chairing member.

(3) A deputy chairing member appointed in accordance with this regulation is deemed to be a member of the Board for so long as they hold office and any reference to the chairing member in regulations 11, 12 and 13 includes a reference to that deputy chairing member.”.

(6) In regulation 8 (termination of tenure of office)—

(a)

(a) in paragraph (2)(b)(i) for “Common Services Agency” substitute “Agency”, and

(b)

(b) in paragraph (3)(b) for “dental member” substitute “member who is a dentist”.

(7) In regulation 10 (functions)—

(a)

(a) in paragraph (1), for “Common Services Agency” substitute “Agency”, and

(b)

(b) in paragraph (3) for “The Board shall” substitute “The Board must”.

(8) In regulation 11 (chairman)—

(a)

(a) for “chairman” in every place it occurs, including the cross-heading, substitute “chairing...

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