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Prospective affecting provision: section renumbered as subs. (1), subs. (1) amended and subs. (2) inserted by Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), s. 4(a), (b), (c), not commenced as of date of revision.

​2.—F2[(1)] In this Act—

F2[“appropriate fee", in relation to a provision of this Act, means the fee (if any) determined under section 25 that is appropriate for the purposes of that provision;]

“auxiliary dental worker” means a member of a class of dental workers established under a scheme made by the Council pursuant to section 53 of this Act;

F2["condition" includes a restriction;]

“the Council” means An Chomhairle Fiaclóireachta or the Dental Council established by this Act;

F2["Council website" means an internet website of the Council (including part of such a website)—

(a) to which access is readily available by members of the public, and

(b) where anything published on the website is readily available for inspection by members of the public;]

“the Dental Board” means the Dental Board established under the Dentists Act 1928;

F2["dental practitioner qualification" shall be construed in accordance with section 26B;]

F2["dental specialist qualification" shall be construed in accordance with section 26C;]

“establishment day” means the day appointed to be the establishment day under section 4 of this Act;

“Fitness to Practise Committee” means the committee established by the Council under section 13 (2) (b) of this Act;

“full registration” means registration other than temporary registration and “fully registered” shall be construed accordingly;

F2["health or social care", in relation to a person (howsoever described), means the health or social care that the person provides or has provided in his or her capacity or former capacity as a member of a relevant profession;]

“the Medical Council” means Comhairle na nDochtúirí Leighis established by the Medical Practitioners Act, 1978;

“Member State” means a state, other than the State, which is a member of the European Economic Community;

“the Minister” means the Minister for Health;

“practice of dentistry” means the performance of any operation and the giving of any treatment, advice, opinion or attendance which is usually performed or given by a dentist and includes the performance of any operation or the giving of any treatment, advice or attendance on or to any person preparatory to, for the purpose of, or in connection with, the fitting, insertion, or fixing of artificial teeth;

“the register” means the Register of Dentists established under section 26 of this Act;

“registered dentist” means a person whose name is registered in the register;

“registered medical practitioner” means a person whose name is entered in the General Register of Medical Practitioners established under the Medical Practitioners Act, 1978;

“Register of Dental Specialists” means the register referred to in section 29 of this Act;

“the Registrar” means the chief officer of the Council;

F1[“Regulations of 2017" means the European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017);]

F2["relevant profession" means any of the following professions:

(a) dentist;

(b) a designated profession within the meaning of section 3 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005;

(c) medical practitioner;

(d) midwife;

(e) nurse;

(f) pharmacist;]

F2["restriction" includes a condition;]

“retention fee” means a fee payable by a person entitled to be registered in any register maintained by the Council for the retention of his name in that register;

F2["rules" means rules made under section 25A or deemed by subsection (7) of that section to be made thereunder;]

“temporary registration” means registration by virtue of section 28 of this Act and “temporarily registered” shall be construed accordingly.

F2[(2) Unless otherwise specified in this Act, nothing in this Act shall be construed to prejudice the performance by the Council of its functions under the Regulations of 2017 as the competent authority in respect of the regulated professions (within the meaning of Regulation 3 of those Regulations) concerned.]

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References to "registered medical practitioner", "Medical Council" and "Medical Registration Council" construed (3.07.2008) by Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (25/2007), s. 108(1), (3), S.I. No. 231 of 2008 and references to "General Register of Medical Practitioners" construed by Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (25/2007), s. 108(2), as amended (21.12.2007) by Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (42/2007), s. 20 and sch. 2, commenced on enactment.

Construction of references to registered medical practitioner and Medical Council, etc.

108.— (1) Every reference to a registered medical practitioner contained in any enactment or any statutory instrument shall be construed as a reference to a registered medical practitioner within the meaning of section 2.

(2) Every reference to the General Register of Medical Practitioners contained in any other enactment or any statutory instrument [, on and after the register establishment day,] shall be construed as a reference to [...] the register.

(3) Every reference to—

(a) the Medical Council, or

(b) the Medical Registration Council,

contained in any other enactment or any statutory instrument shall be construed as the Council within the meaning of section 2.