Article 3 Entitlement to a general dental services contract

For the purposes of section 173(2) of the 2003 Act, the circumstances in which a Primary Care Trust must enter into a general dental services contract with a person who, on 31st March 2006, is providing services under section 35 of the 1977 Act are prescribed in articles 4 and 5.

Nothing in this Order shall require a Primary Care Trust to enter into a general dental services contract with any person (whether as an individual or as a member of a partnership) on more than one occasion.