{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-amendment-regulations-2002/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-amendment-regulations-2002/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/558",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Dental Services) Amendment Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-amendment-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 5ZB",
  "text": "In regulation 5ZB (deferment of decision)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)(a) for the words from “legal proceedings” to “in the United Kingdom” substitute—\n“proceedings in respect of conduct which, if it had occurred in the United Kingdom, would constitute a criminal offence,”;\n(b) in paragraph (1)(b) for “successful” substitute “adverse”;\n(c) in paragraph (4) for “must notify the dentist” to the end, substitute—\n“shall notify the dentist in writing that he must—\n(a) update his application within 28 days of the date of the notification (or such longer period as the Health Authority may agree);\n(b) confirm in writing within the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) that he wishes to proceed with his application.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/558/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:12:41.852333+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."
}