HL Deb 18 July 2000 vol 615 cc955-6

(" .—(1) Any person who, in an application for registration under this Part or for the variation of any condition in force in relation to his registration, knowingly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material respect shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.")

41 Clause 27, page 15, line 7, at end insert— ("( ) Proceedings for an offence under this Part or regulations made under it may be brought within a period of six months from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to warrant the proceedings came to his knowledge; but no such proceedings shall be brought by virtue of this subsection more than three years after the commission of the offence.")

42 Clause 28, page 15, line 19, after ("officer") insert ("or member")

43 Clause 29, page 15, line 34, after ("any") insert ("documents or")

44 Page 15, line 46, after ("any") insert ("documents or")

45 Clause 37, page 19, line 13, leave out from ("home)") to end of line 17 and insert—

  1. ("(a) in subsection (1), after "(3)" there is inserted "and (3A)",
  2. (b) in subsection (2), for "subsection (1) above" there is substituted "this section",
  3. (c) in subsection (3)(e)(ii), "dental practitioner or" is omitted; and
  4. (d) after subsection (3) there is inserted—
  1. "(3A) The definition in subsection (1) above does not include any premises used, or intended to be used, wholly or mainly by a dental practitioner for the purpose of treating his patients unless subsection (3B) or (3C) below applies.
  2. (3B) This subsection applies if—
    1. (a) the premises are also used, or intended to be used, by that or another dental practitioner for the purpose of treating his patients under general anaesthesia; and
    2. (b) the premises are not used, or intended to be used, by any dental practitioner for the purpose of treating his patients under general anaesthesia—
      1. (i) in pursuance of the National Health Service Act 1977; or
      2. (ii) under an agreement made in accordance with Part I of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997.
  3. (3C) This subsection applies if the premises are used, or intended to be used, for the provision of treatment by specially controlled techniques and are not excepted by regulations under subsection (3)(g) above."").

46 After Clause 38, insert the following new clause—