The National Health Service (General Dental Services Supplementary List) and (General Dental Services) Amendment Regulations 2003

means a decision— (a) made by the FHSAA to nationally disqualify a dentist under section 49N;

means the Abolition of the National Health Service Tribunal (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2002;

means the Abolition of the National Health Service Tribunal (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2001;

means the list prepared by a Primary Care Trust under regulation 4 of the Dental Regulations;

means the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1992;

means a registered dental practitioner;

means the Dentists Act 1984;

means— (a) a director of a body corporate;

means any employment, whether paid or unpaid and whether under a contract for services or a contract of service, and “employed” and “employer” shall be construed accordingly;

means a Health Authority in Wales, a Health Board or an NHS Trust in Scotland or a Health and Social Services Board in Northern Ireland or, in relation to any time prior to 1st October 2002, a Health Authority in England;

means a list kept by an equivalent body;

means the Family Health Services Appeal Authority constituted under section 49S;

means a case where a person satisfies the second condition for removal from the dental list, set out in section 49F(3) or by virtue of section 49H is treated as doing so;

means the Health Committee of the General Dental Council constituted under section 2(4) of the Dentists Act;

means the body that licenses or regulates any profession of which the dentist is, or has been a member, and includes any body which licences or regulates any such profession outside the United Kingdom;

means a supplementary list, a dental list or a services list;

means the events that gave rise to the conviction, investigation, proceedings, suspension, refusal to admit, conditional inclusion, removal or contingent removal that took place;

means the Preliminary Proceedings Committee of the General Dental Council constituted under section 2(1) of the Dentists Act;

means the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997;

includes matters relating both to professional conduct and professional performance;

means the Professional Conduct Committee of the General Dental Council constituted under section 2(2) of the Dentists Act;

means the number against the dentist’s name in the Dentists Register;

means a list prepared under section 28DA or section 8ZA of the Primary Care Act;

means— (a) suspended by a Primary Care Trust or Health Authority under section 49I or 49J, regulations made under sections 28DA or 43D, including these Regulations, or section 8ZA of the Primary Care Act, (b) in relation to Scotland or Northern Ireland, suspended under provisions in force corresponding to those in sections 49I or 49J, and shall be treated as including a case where a person is treated as suspended by a Primary Care Trust or, prior to 1st October 2002, a Health Authority by virtue of regulation 6(2) of the Abolition of the Tribunal Regulations, or by a Health Authority by virtue of regulation 6(2) of the Abolition of the Tribunal (Wales) Regulations, and “suspends” and “suspension” shall be construed accordingly;

means the National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1992.

means the register of dentists kept by virtue of section 14 of the Dentists Act;

means the service provided by the Secretary of State to deal with inquiries and investigations in relation to any allegations of fraud or corruption in the health service;

means the National Clinical Assessment Authority established as a Special Health Authority under section 11;

means the Tribunal constituted under section 46 for England and Wales, and which, except for prescribed cases, had effect in relation to England only until 14th December 2001 and in relation to Wales only until 26th August 2002.

means a period of one year’s full time employment (or an equivalent period of part-time employment) 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 respectively in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 1A to the Dental Regulations.