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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-dental-charges-regulations-1988/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/473",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-dental-charges-regulations-1988",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Then £x shall be compared with the full amount of the charges payable to the dental practitioner by the patient in respect of the course of treatment (“£y”) and—\n(a) if £x equals or exceeds £y, there is no charge for the supply of the appliance;\n(b) if £x is less than £y, the charge for the supply of the appliance is—\n(i) £y minus £x, or\n(ii) the amount specified in relation to the appliance in column (2) of Part I of Schedule 1,\nwhichever is the lesser amount.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/473/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:09:55.758537+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."
}