The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2006

Reduction of remuneration and accounting for charges in relation to providers of relevant primary dental services

12.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), where a provider of relevant primary dental services has provided relevant primary dental services for which a charge is payable under these Regulations, the remuneration which would otherwise be payable by the relevant Local Health Board to that provider will be reduced by the amount of that charge, irrespective of whether or not that charge has been recovered by the provider.

(2) A dental practitioner remunerated by a Local Health Board providing relevant primary dental services under section 16CA (2) of the Act (dental services provided by a Primary Care Trust or Local Health Board) will comply with the requirements in paragraphs (b) and (d) of regulation 8(2) and will account for and pay to that Local Health Board, in such manner as it may require, the amount of any charges recovered from a patient under these Regulations.

(3) A dental practitioner remunerated by a Local Health Board or NHS trust providing relevant primary dental services pursuant to an agreement for relevant primary dental services made under section 28C of the Act (personal medical or dental services) will comply with the requirements in paragraphs (b) and (d) of regulation 8(2) and will account and pay to the body by which he or she is remunerated, in such manner as it may require, the amount of any charges recovered from a patient under these Regulations.