Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 3238
Health Care And Associated Professions
Dentists
Professions Complementary To Dentistry
The General Dental Council (Constitution) (Amendment) Order of Council 2008
Made
16th December 2008
Laid before Parliament
17th December 2008
Coming into force
19th January 2009
Their Lordships make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(2A) and (2B) of the Dentists Act 1984( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the General Dental Council (Constitution) (Amendment) Order of Council 2008 and comes into force on 19th January 2009.
Amendment of article 4 of the General Dental Council (Constitution) Order of Council 2006
2. In article 4 of the General Dental Council (Constitution) Order of Council 2006( 2 ) (tenure of office of members of the Council), for paragraph (2) substitute the following paragraph—
“ (2) The term of office of a member—
(a) whose term of office—
(i) prior to the coming into force of the General Dental Council (Constitution) (Amendment) Order of Council 2007 ( 3 ) , would have expired at the end of 9th April 2008, and
(ii) thereafter but prior to the coming into force of this paragraph, would have expired at the end of 9th April 2009; or
(b) appointed on or after 9th April 2008 whose term of office, prior to the coming into force of this paragraph, would have expired at the end of 9th April 2009,
shall expire at the end of 9th October 2009. ”
Judith Simpson
Clerk of the Privy Council
1984 c.24 ; subsections (2A) and (2B), originally inserted by S.I. 2001/3926 , were substituted by S.I. 2005/2011 .
S.I. 2006/1666 ; article 4 was substituted by S.I. 2007/3172 .