# The National Health Service (Charges for Appliances) Regulations 1974, Regulation 4: Dental appliances


(1) Where an Authority—
(a) supplies a person at his request with a dental appliance of a more expensive type than that which is clinically necessary for dental fitness, or
(b) repairs such a dental appliance at a cost in excess of the cost of repairing a dental appliance which is so clinically necessary,
that Authority may make and recover from the person to or for whom such a dental appliance is supplied or repaired, a charge equal to the difference between the cost of supplying or repairing such a dental appliance and the cost of supplying or repairing such dental appliance as is clinically necessary.
(2) Where an Authority supplies a dental appliance the person supplied or a person on his behalf, shall be liable to pay to the Authority the charges authorised by the Act of 1951 as varied by section 1 of the Act of 1961 or by regulations made under section 2 of the Act of 1961.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/284/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-charges-for-appliances-regulations-1974/regulation-4
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