Dentists Act 1985

F48[Notifications under Act

71

71.—...]

Annotations

Amendments:

F48

Inserted by Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), s. 23, not commenced as of date of revision.

Modifications (not altering text):

C36

Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), s. 23, not commenced as of date of revision.

F48[71.—(1) Where the Council, the Fitness to Practise Committee or the Registrar is required or authorised under this Act to notify a registered dentist or former registered dentist, or an auxiliary dental worker or former auxiliary dental worker, of a decision or other matter concerning the person, the notification shall be sent by pre-paid post or electronically to him or her at the address stated in any register maintained under this Act in which his or her name is or was (as the case may be) entered.

(2) Where the Council or the Registrar is required or authorised under this Act to notify a person (not being a registered dentist or former registered dentist or auxiliary dental worker or former auxiliary dental worker) who has made an application under this Act of a decision or other matter concerning the application, the notification shall be sent by pre-paid post or electronically to the person at the address stated in the application.

(3) Where a notification under this Act has been sent to a person in accordance with subsection (1) or (2), the notification shall be deemed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to have been duly delivered to the person on the 3rd working day after the day on which it was so sent.]