Clause 29 — Dentists

Orders of the Day — National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Bill – in the House of Commons at 9:45 pm on 15 January 2002.

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Amendments made: No. 48, in page 36, line 1, after "is", insert—

'(or if he were registered would be)'.

No. 49, in page 36, line 3, after "is", insert—

'(or if he were registered would be)'.

No. 50, in page 36, line 14, before "substitute", insert—

'(in the case of an appeal against a determination under section 27 above or a direction under section 28 above)'.

No. 51, in page 36, line 19, leave out "or the Health Committee" and insert—

', the Health Committee or the Continuing Professional Development Committee'.

No. 52, in page 36, line 21, after "above", insert—

'or Schedule 3A to this Act'.

No. 53, in page 36, line 40, at end insert—

'(5) In section 34A of the Dentists Act 1984 (c.24) (professional training and development requirements), in subsection (7)(b), for "to Her Majesty in Council" there is substituted "under section 29 above to the relevant court".

(6) Subsection (5) has effect—

(a) upon the coming into force of this section, if that happens after the coming into force of article 8 of the Dentists Act 1984 (Amendment) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3926) ("the Dentists Order") so far as that article effects the insertion into the Dentists Act 1984 (c.24) of the new section 34A(7)(b),

(b) otherwise, immediately after the coming into force to that extent of that article.

(7) If this section comes into force before article 10(3) of the Dentists Order—

(a) paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of article 10(3) of that Order are revoked upon the coming into force of this section, and

(b) until the coming into force of the remainder of article 10(3) of that Order, section 29 of the Dentists Act 1984 (c.24) (as amended by this section) is to be read with the modifications set out in subsection (8).

(8) The modifications are that section 29 is to be read as if—

(a) in each of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1A), the words "(or if he were registered would be)" were omitted,

(b) in paragraph (c) of subsection (3), the words "(in the case of an appeal against a determination under section 27 above or a direction under section 28 above)" were omitted, and

(c) in paragraph (d) of subsection (3)—

(i) for the words ", the Health Committee or the Continuing Professional Development Committee" there were substituted "or the Health Committee", and

(ii) the words "or Schedule 3A to this Act" were omitted.'.—[Mr. Hutton.]