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# The Dentists Act 1984 (Medical Authorities) (No. 2) Order 2014

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2014 No. 1981
Health Care And Associated Professions
Dentists
The Dentists Act 1984 (Medical Authorities) (No. 2) Order 2014
Made
14th July 2014
Coming into force
15th July 2014
At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 14th day of July 2014
By the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council
Their Lordships make the following order in exercise of the powers conferred by article 7(4)(b) of the Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments and Practitioner Psychologists) Order 2009.

## 1 Citation and commencement {#article-1}

This Order may be cited as the Dentists Act 1984 (Medical Authorities) (No. 2) Order 2014 and comes into force on 15th July 2014.

## 2 Designation of Cardiff University {#article-2}

Cardiff University is designated for the purposes of article 7(4)(b) of the Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments and Practitioner Psychologists) Order 2009 and accordingly is a “medical authority” for the purposes of section 3 of the Dentists Act 1984 (power of medical authorities to hold examinations and grant licences in dentistry).