# The General Dental Services and Personal Dental Services Transitional Provisions Order 2005, Article 6: Pilot scheme providers


(1) Subject to section 28M of the 1977 Act (but not subject to regulation 4 and 5 of the GDS Contracts Regulations), a Primary Care Trust must, if a pilot scheme provider so wishes, enter into a general dental services contract instead of a personal dental services agreement where the pilot scheme provider—
(a) is entitled to enter into a personal dental services agreement with the Primary Care Trust under article 14;
(b) is on 31st March 2006, or if earlier, on the date on which the contract is to be signed, providing services that are equivalent to mandatory services under the pilot scheme agreement; and
(c) wishes to enter into a general dental services contract instead of a personal dental services agreement.
(2) Where a pilot scheme provider enters into a general dental services contract under paragraph (1), it shall have no entitlement to enter into a personal dental services agreement with the Primary Care Trust under article 14.
(3) Where the contracting parties are unable to agree on a particular term of the contract, article 4(6) and (7) shall apply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3435/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-dental-services-and-personal-dental-services-transitional-provisions-order-2005/article-6
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