
1 

(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.
2 
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).
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council
