# The National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts) Regulations 2005, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to paragraph 1A of this Schedule, where the contractor provides-—
(a) a Band 1 or Band 3 course of treatment; or
(b) a sub-band of a Band 2 course of treatment as set out in Part 1A of this Schedule,
the contractor provides the number of units of dental activity specified in the appropriate row of Table A.
(1A) Subject to paragraph 1A of this Schedule, where a contractor provides a complex care pathway, the contractor provides the number of units of dental activity to be calculated in accordance with the appropriate row in Table D.
(2) Where a banded course of treatment is commenced but not completed for whatever reason, the appropriate number of units of dental activity provided shall be calculated on the basis of the components of the course of the treatment which has been—
(a) completed; and
(b) commenced but not completed.
(2A) Where the course of treatment provided is a complex care pathway and is commenced but not completed for any reason, the appropriate number of units of dental activity provided shall be calculated on the basis of the monthly declarations provided by the contractor, as described in paragraphs 38A to 38D of Schedule 3.
(3) Where a patient is referred by the contractor for advanced mandatory services to another provider of primary dental services, the appropriate number of units of dental activity provided by—
(a) that contractor; and
(b) the other provider of primary dental services, if that provider is also a contractor,
must be calculated on the basis of the components of the course of treatment which they actually provide, or for a complex care pathway on the basis of declarations provided, notwithstanding that the treatment constitutes a single ... course of treatment for charging purposes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3361/schedule/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-contracts-regulations-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-1
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