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Welsh Statutory Instruments
National Health Service, Wales
Made
5 March 2019
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
6 March 2019
Coming into force
1 April 2019
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 125 and 203(9) and (10) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006(1).
1. The title of these Regulations is the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 and they come into force on 1 April 2019.
2. In regulation 4 of the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2006(2) (calculation of charges)-
(a)in paragraph (1), for "£14.00" substitute "£14.30";
(b)in paragraph (2), for "£45.00" substitute "£46.00";
(c)in paragraph (3), for "£195.00" substitute "£199.10";
(d)in paragraph (4), for "£195.00" substitute "£199.10"; and
(e)in paragraph (5), for "£14.00" substitute "£14.30".
3. The following Regulations are revoked-
(a)The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017(3);
(b)The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018(4).
Vaughan Gething
Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers
5 March 2019
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/491 (W. 60)) ("the 2006 Regulations").
Regulation 2 amends regulation 4 of the 2006 Regulations (calculation of charges) by increasing the applicable charge payable for a Band 1, a Band 2 and a Band 3 course of treatment.
The Welsh Ministers' Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.
S.I. 2006/491 (W. 60), amended by S.I. 2017/339 (W. 83) and S.I. 2018/297 (W. 55); there are other amending instruments but none is relevant to these Regulations.