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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-dental-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/263",
  "legislation_title": "General Dental Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-dental-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations further amend the Health and Personal Social Services General Dental Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (“the principal Regulations”) which regulate the terms on which general dental services are provided under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.\nRegulation 2(2) substitutes and amends the reference to “referral dental officer” to reflect that from the 1st August 2009 they are employees of the Regional Health and Social Care Board.\nRegulation 2(3) and (4) amend Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations to increase the period that a patient is registered with a general dental practitioner from 15 months to 24 months.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/263/note",
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  "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."
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