Dentists Act 1957
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Long titleAn Act to consolidate the enactments relating to dentists and other dental workers with corrections and improvements authorised under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 1949.
Citation5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 28
Territorial extentUnited Kingdom[b]
Royal assent6 June 1957
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to dentists and other dental workers with corrections and improvements authorised under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 1949. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 28 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom[b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 6 June 1957 |
| Commencement | 6 September 1957[c] |
| Repealed | 1 October 1984 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | See § Repealed enactments |
| Repeals/revokes | See § Repealed enactments |
| Repealed by | Dentists Act 1984 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Dentists Act 1957 (5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 28) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to dentists and other dental workers in the United Kingdom.[1][2][3]
Repealed enactments
Section 51(1) of the act repealed 5 enactments, listed in the second schedule to the act.[4]
| Citation | Short title | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|---|
| 41 & 42 Vict. c. 33 | Dentists Act 1878 | Section two. Section five so far as it applies in the United Kingdom. Sections six to forty and the Schedule. |
| 11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 21 | Dentists Act 1921 | The whole act. |
| 13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 36 | Dentists Act 1923 | The whole act. |
| 17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 39 | Medical and Dentists Acts Amendment Act 1927 | In section two, in subsection (1) the words from "and so far as" to the end of the subsection and subsection (2). In section three, subsection (3). |
| 4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 29 | Dentists Act 1956 | The whole Act except subsection (9) of section sixteen and in subsection (1) of section thirty-seven the short title. |
Subsequent developments
The whole act was repealed by section 54(2) of, and part I of schedule 6 to, the Dentists Act 1984, which came into force on 1 October 1984.[5]