The General Dental Services and Personal Dental Services Transitional Provisions (Wales) Order 2006

Pilot scheme providers

14.—(1) A Local Health Board must, if a pilot scheme provider so wishes, enter into a personal dental services agreement with a provider if, on 31 March 2006 or, if earlier, on the date the agreement is to be signed, the pilot scheme provider is providing services to that Local Health Board under a pilot scheme agreement.

(2) Where a pilot scheme provider enters into a personal dental services agreement under paragraph (1), it will have no entitlement to enter into a general dental services contract under article 6.

(3) Where the contracting parties are unable to agree on a particular term of the agreement and the dispute is referred to the National Assembly for Wales for determination in accordance with section 4 of the 1990 Act (NHS contracts) or regulation 8(1) of the PDS Agreements Regulations (pre-contract disputes), the determination may if it is made after the agreement has been entered into—

(a) vary the terms of the agreement; or

(b) bring the agreement to an end.

(4) Where a determination is made in accordance with paragraph (3), section 4(8)(a) and (b) of the 1990 Act will apply in respect of the determination where the agreement is varied or brought to an end.