4. Where, before 1st April 2006—
(a)a person has made an application to a relevant dental practitioner to receive general dental services(1) in accordance with regulation 2(1) of the National Health Service (Choice of Dental Practitioner) Regulations 1998(2); and
(b)that application has not been finally determined before that date,
that application shall be treated as a request made to the succeeding contractor for services under the term of the contract giving effect to paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the GDS Contracts Regulations or under the term of the agreement giving effect to paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the PDS Agreements Regulations.
“General dental services” has the meaning given to it in section 35(1A) of the 1977 Act.