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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-services-act-1980/schedule-6/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/53",
  "legislation_title": "Health Services Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-services-act-1980",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 25(3) of that Act (remuneration of dentists providing general dental services) the words “except in special circumstances” shall be omitted and at the end there shall be inserted—\n“unless either—\n(a) the remuneration is paid in pursuance of arrangements made under section 33, or\n(b) the services are provided in prescribed circumstances and the practitioner consents,\nand it shall be the Secretary of State’s duty, before he prescribes any circumstances for the purposes of paragraph (b), to consult such organisations as appear to him to be representative of the dental profession. ”",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "asp/2005/13",
      "affecting_title": "Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/53/schedule/6/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:09.296475+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."
}