# The General Dental Services and Personal Dental Services Transitional Provisions Order 2005, Article 3: Entitlement to a general dental services contract


(1) 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.
(2) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3435/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-dental-services-and-personal-dental-services-transitional-provisions-order-2005/article-3
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