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The Dentists Act 1984 (Medical Authorities) Order 2025

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

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Contents: 3 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 Citation, commencement and extent
  3. 2 Designation of University of Portsmouth

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Title and introductory text

2025 No. 984 HEALTH CARE AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONS Dentists The Dentists Act 1984 (Medical Authorities) Order 2025 Made 27th August 2025 Coming into force 3rd September 2025 At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 27th day of August 2025 By the Lords of His 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.

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1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) This Order may be cited as the Dentists Act 1984 (Medical Authorities) Order 2025 and comes into force on 3rd September 2025. (2) This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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2 Designation of University of Portsmouth

The University of Portsmouth 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).

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