Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 1335
National Health Service, England
The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Made
at 2.00 p.m. on 23rd November 2020
Laid before Parliament
at 5.30 p.m. on 23rd November 2020
Coming into force
14th December 2020
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 176(1) and (2)(c) and 272(7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006( 1 ), makes the following Regulations.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 14th December 2020.
Amendment of the National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 2005
2. —(1)The National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 2005( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 4 (calculation of charges)—
(a) in paragraph (1), for “£22.70” substitute “£23.80”;
(b) in paragraph (2), for “£62.10” substitute “£65.20”;
(c) in paragraph (3), for “£269.30” substitute “£282.80”;
(d) in paragraph (4), for “£269.30” substitute “£282.80”; and
(e) in paragraph (5), for “£22.70” substitute “£23.80”.
(3) In regulation 12A (charges in respect of primary dental services provided under a prototype agreement), in paragraph (2) for “£22.70” substitute “£23.80”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
Jo Churchill
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health and Social Care
At 2.00 p.m. on 23rd November 2020
2006 c.41 . Section 176 was amended by section 55(1) of, and paragraph 94 of Schedule 4, to the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) . By virtue of section 271(1) the National Health Service Act (“the 2006 Act”), the powers being exercised by the Secretary of State in the making of these Regulations are exercisable only in relation to England. See section 275(1) of the 2006 Act for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” that are relevant to the powers being exercised.