The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Amendments to the Dentists Act 1984 U.K.

35.  In Schedule 2A (registration appeals: dentists register)(1)—

(a) in paragraph 1, for the definition of “the requisite period”, substitute—

““the requisite period”—

(a)

in relation to a decision as to the registration of a specified state professional under section 15(1)(c), means the period of four months beginning with the date when the registrar is first in possession of sufficient information to make the decision;

(b)

in relation to any other decision of a kind specified in paragraph 2(1)(a) or a decision of a kind specified in paragraph 2(1)(b), (d), (f), (g) or (i), means the period of three months beginning with the date when the registrar is first in possession of sufficient information to make the decision.”; and

(b) in paragraph 2(1)(a), for “or (c)”, substitute “, (c) or (d)”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 35 in force at 1.12.2023, see reg. 1

(1)

Schedule 2A was inserted by S.I. 2005/2011 and amended by S.I. 2007/3101 and 2019/593. There are other amendments to Schedule 2A but none is relevant to these Regulations.