{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-national-health-service-dental-charges-regulations-2005/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-national-health-service-dental-charges-regulations-2005/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2005/0110736400",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-national-health-service-dental-charges-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Effect of referral to another provider of dental services on the calculation of charges",
  "text": "Where a patient has commenced a course of treatment or urgent course of treatment with one provider of relevant primary dental services but is referred to—\n(a) an alternative provider of relevant primary dental services for part of the course of treatment or urgent course of treatment; or\n(b) a hospital or other service provider under Part 1 of the Act for the supply of a dental appliance as part of the course of treatment,\nonly one charge for the course of treatment or urgent course of treatment calculated in accordance with regulation 4 may be made and recovered from the patient.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110736400/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:21:48.792873+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}