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9 1985

DENTISTS ACT, 1985

PART VIII

Miscellaneous

Arrangements with persons to assist Council.

56. —The Council may make and carry out arrangements with any person or body to assist the Council or any of its committees in the proper discharge of any of its functions.

Report by Council.

57. —The Council shall as soon as may be after the end of each year in which it is in office prepare and publish a report of its proceedings under this Act during the preceding year.

Publication of registers.

58. —(1) The Council shall print, publish and place on sale copies of any register maintained by it at intervals of not more than five years and, in each intervening year, the Council shall print, publish and place on sale a supplement to each such register.

(2) The most recently published copy of each register maintained by the Council and any supplements thereof shall, at all times, be made available for inspection by any person, during office hours, by the chief executive officer of a health board at the headquarters of any health board established under the provisions of the Health Act, 1970 .

Construction of references to registered dentists.

59. —Every reference to a registered dentist in any enactment or statutory instrument shall be construed as a reference to a person who is registered in the register.

Functions in relation to Directives adopted by Council of the European Communities.

60. —The Council shall carry out such functions as may be assigned to it from time to time by the Minister in relation to the implementation of any Regulation, Directive or Decision adopted or made by the Council of the European Communities relating to the practice of dentistry.

Assignment to Council of additional functions.

61. —(1) The Council shall carry out such functions additional to the functions assigned to it by this Act in relation to dental education or training or to other matters relating to the practice of dentistry and the persons engaged in such practice as the Minister may by order assign to it.

(2) The Minister may amend or revoke an order made under this section, including this subsection.

(3) Every order under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order is passed by either House of the Oireachtas within the next twenty-one days on which that House has sat after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.

References in enactments etc. to Dental Board.

62. —Every reference to the Dental Board contained in any other enactment or any statutory instrument shall be construed as a reference to the Council.

Regulations.

63. —(1) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of giving effect to any of the provisions of this Act.

(2) Every regulation, other than a regulation made under section 9 (3)of this Act, made under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either House of the Oireachtas within the next twenty-one days on which that House has sat after the regulation is laid before it, the regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.

Regulations regarding adaptations.

64. —The Minister may by regulations make, in respect of any statute, order or regulation in force at the passing of this Act and relating to any matter or thing dealt with or affected by this Act, any adaptation or modifications which appear to him to be necessary to enable such statute, order or regulation to have effect in conformity with this Act.

Continuance in force of agreement.

65. —(1) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Dentists Act, 1928 , effected by this Act, the agreement specified in the First Schedule to that Act shall continue to have full force and effect until such time as the Minister, by order made under this section, declares that, pursuant to an agreement made between the Government and the Government of the United Kingdom, the said agreement shall cease to have effect.

(2) An order made by the Minister under this section may contain such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as appear to the Minister to be necessary.

(3) Nothing in this Act or in the agreement first referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall entitle a person who is registered in the Commonwealth or foreign list of the register maintained by the General Dental Council of the United Kingdom to be registered in the register.

General advisory functions of Council.

66. —(1) It shall be a function of the Council to advise the Minister, either at the request of the Minister or on its own initiative, on all matters relating to the functions assigned to the Council under this Act.

(2) It shall be a function of the Council to give guidance to the dental profession generally on all matters relating to ethical conduct and behaviour.

(3) It shall be a function of the Council to inform the public on all matters of general interest relating to the functions of the Council including any guidelines issued by the Council under subsection (2) of this section in relation to ethical conduct and behaviour.

Offences in relation to registers.

67. —(1) It shall be an offence for a person to make any false declaration or misrepresentation for the purpose of obtaining registration in any register maintained by the Council or to aid and abet the making of any such false declaration or misrepresentation.

(2) A person who acts in contravention of subsection (1) of this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10 (4) of the petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, proceedings for an offence under this section may be instituted at any time within two years from the commission of the offence.

Prosecution of offences.

68. —Every offence under this Act may be prosecuted by the Council.