Regulation 3 Charges for dental treatment as part of general dental services
Subject to regulation 4, the amount of the charge authorised by and payable under section 79(1) of the Act in respect of chargeable services under a contract or arrangement is 75% of the current authorised fees for those services, rounded down, where necessary, to the nearest whole penny.
In this regulation “current authorised fee” has the meaning assigned to it by paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 12 to the Act and for the purposes of this regulation the amount of the current authorised fee for any service, where it is such amount as the Dental Estimates Board may in its discretion approve, whether or not subject to a maximum, is—
if the Board has approved a fee for the service, the amount of the fee so approved, notwithstanding any subsequent variation of that amount on appealf1;
if the Board has refused to approve a fee for the service, the amount of any fee authorised for it on appeal.
In this regulation “chargeable services” means services provided in pursuance of any contract or arrangement for the provision of general dental services, other than—
services for which no charge may be made by virtue of section 79(1)(a) to (d) of the Act or paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 12 to the Act;
the opening by a dental practitioner of his surgery outside his normal opening hours in order to provide emergency treatment;
the attendance at the surgery of a dental practitioner providing emergency treatment of a medical practitioner or of another dental practitioner, specifically with a view to the administration of a general anaesthetic in connection with emergency treatment.