Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 705
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND
The National Health Service (General Dental Services) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2001
Made
7th March 2001
Laid before Parliament
9th March 2001
Coming into force
1st April 2001
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 15(1), 35(1), 36(1) and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977( 1 ) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations—
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.
(2) These Regulations extend to England only.
Amendment of the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1992
2.The National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1992( 2 ) shall be amended in accordance with regulation 3 of these Regulations.
Amendment of Schedule 4
3. In Part II of Schedule 4 (prior approval treatment), in each of paragraphs 1 and 2, for “£230” there shall be substituted “£260”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Hunt
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health
7th March 2001
1977 c. 49 ; see section 128(1) as amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 26(2)(g) and (i), for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 15(1) was amended by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48) (“the 1984 Act”), section 5(2); by the 1990 Act, section 12(1) and by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”), Schedule 1, paragraph 6. Section 35(1) was substituted by S.I. 1985/39 , article 7(9) and amended by the 1995 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 24. Section 36(1) was so numbered by the 1984 Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 5(1) and amended by S.I. 1981/432 , article 3(3)(a); by S.I. 1985/39 , article 7(10); by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49) (“the 1988 Act”), Schedule 2, paragraph 4; by the 1990 Act, section 24 and by the 1995 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 25(a). Section 126(4) was amended by the 1990 Act, section 65(2). The functions of the Secretary of State for Health under the National Health Service Act 1977 are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2(a) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672 as amended by section 66(5) of the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) .