The General Dental Services and Personal Dental Services Transitional Provisions Order 2005

Pilot scheme providers

6.—(1) Subject to section 28M(1) of the 1977 Act (but not subject to regulation 4 and 5 of the GDS Contracts Regulations), a Primary Care Trust must, if a pilot scheme provider so wishes, enter into a general dental services contract instead of a personal dental services agreement where the pilot scheme provider—

(a) is entitled to enter into a personal dental services agreement with the Primary Care Trust under article 14;

(b) is on 31st March 2006, or if earlier, on the date on which the contract is to be signed, providing services that are equivalent to mandatory services under the pilot scheme agreement; and

(c) wishes to enter into a general dental services contract instead of a personal dental services agreement.

(2) Where a pilot scheme provider enters into a general dental services contract under paragraph (1), it shall have no entitlement to enter into a personal dental services agreement with the Primary Care Trust under article 14.

(3) Where the contracting parties are unable to agree on a particular term of the contract, article 4(6) and (7) shall apply.

(1)

Section 28M is inserted into the 1977 Act by section 172 of the 2003 Act.