The National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1993

means the body referred to in regulation 4ZB;

means a committee appointed by the Appeal Body in accordance with Regulation 4ZC(6);

means a dentist on a dental list and who is approved by the Scottish Dental Vocational Training Committee as being a dentist who has the requisite skills and suitable practice facilities to enable him to act as a trainer;

means the dental service in Scotland provided under sections 1 and 39(2) of the 1978 Act, in England and Wales provided under section 3(1)(c) and section 5(1)(a) or (1A) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and in Northern Ireland provided under articles 5(1)(c), 9(1)(a) and (1A) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972;

means the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education established by the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education Order 1993;

means any postgraduate dental qualification which is registrable with the General Dental Council. 5 An application for a vocational training number shall be granted by the Council if the applicant– a has had a vocational training certificate issued to him;

means care and treatment delivered by the dentist at the first point of contact with the patient, and the “community dental service” means the dental service in Scotland provided under sections 1 and 39(2) of the 1978 Act, in England and Wales provided under section 3(1)(c) and section 5(1)(a) or (1A) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and in Northern Ireland provided under articles 5(1)(c), 9(1)(a) and (1A) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972;

means the National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1974;

means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.

means a period of one year’s full time employment (or an equivalent period of part-time employment) undertaken wholly after 30th September 1993 during which a dentist is employed under a contract of service by an approved trainer to provide a wide range of dental care and treatment and to attend such study days as that contract requires with the aim and objectives set out in Schedule 1F;

means a certificate confirming that a dentist has completed vocational training issued:– (a) in Scotland by the Director of postgraduate dental education, the chairman of the Scottish Dental Vocational Training Committee or a regional general dental practice vocational training adviser;

means the number allocated to a dentist– (a) in Scotland under regulation 4ZA, (b) in England and Wales under regulation 5A of the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1992, and (c) in Northern Ireland under the General Dental Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993. • “voluntary vocational training certificate” means a vocational training certificate or a letter confirming that a dentist has completed vocational training on or before 30th September 1994 and signed in Scotland by the Chairman of the Scottish Dental Vocational Training Committee or an officer of a regional committee for postgraduate dental education, in England and Wales by a postgraduate dental dean or Director of postgraduate dental education, and in Northern Ireland by the Adviser in vocational training.

means a vocational training certificate or a letter confirming that a dentist has completed vocational training on or before 30th September 1994 and signed in Scotland by the Chairman of the Scottish Dental Vocational Training Committee or an officer of a regional committee for postgraduate dental education, in England and Wales by a postgraduate dental dean or Director of postgraduate dental education, and in Northern Ireland by the Adviser in vocational training.