Dentists Act 1957

Dentists Act 1957[a]
Act of Parliament
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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 extent United Kingdom[b]
Dates
Royal assent6 June 1957
Commencement6 September 1957[c]
Repealed1 October 1984
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Repealed byDentists Act 1984
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted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]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 51(1) of the act repealed 5 enactments, listed in the second schedule to the act.[4]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

Section 51(1) of, and schedule 2 to, the act were repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, which came into force on 27 June 1974.[5]

The whole act was repealed by section 54(2) of, and part I of schedule 6 to, the Dentists Act 1984, which came into force on 1 October 1984.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 53(1).
  2. ↑ Section 52.
  3. ↑ Section 53(2).

References

  1. ↑ Gelbier, S. (2005). "125 years of developments in dentistry, 1880–2005 Part 6: General and specialist practice". British Dental Journal. doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4813035.
  2. ↑ "[R]Dentists Act 1957 | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "[R]Dentists Act 1957 | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Dentists Act 1957", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Eliz2/5-6 c. 28
  5. ↑ "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1974 c. 22
  6. ↑ "Dentists Act 1984", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1984 c. 24