Statutory Instruments
2023 No. 367
National Health Service, England
The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Made
at 12.45 p.m. on 27th March 2023
Laid before Parliament
at 4.30 p.m. on 27th March 2023
Coming into force
24th April 2023
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 176(1) and (2) and 272(7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006( 1 ), makes the following Regulations.
Citation, commencement, application and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 24th April 2023.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and apply in relation to England only.
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 paragraphs (1) and (5), for “£23.80” substitute “£25.80” ;
(b) in paragraph (2), for “£65.20” substitute “£70.70” ;
(c) in paragraphs (3) and (4), for “£282.80” substitute “£306.80” .
Neil O’Brien
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Health and Social Care
At 12.45 p.m. on 27th March 2023
2006 c. 41 . Section 176 was amended by section 55(1) of, and paragraph 94(b) of Schedule 4 to, the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) and by section 1(2) of, and paragraph 1(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to, the Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31) . By virtue of section 271(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006, the powers being exercised by the Secretary of State in the making of these Regulations are exercisable only in relation to England.
S.I. 2005/3477 ; as amended by S.I. 2006/1837 , 2007/544 , 2008/547 , 2009/407 , 2011/519 , 2012/502 , 2013/364 , 475 and 711 , 2014/443 and 545 , 2015/417 and 1728 , 2016/324 , 2017/408 , 2018/336 , 2019/522 , 2020/885 and 1335 and by section 410 of, and paragraph 345 of Schedule 24 to, the Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17) .