{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-contracts-regulations-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-contracts-regulations-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3361",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-contracts-regulations-2005",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where the contractor provides an orthodontic course of treatment to a patient that solely consists of a case assessment, the contractor provides 1.0 unit of orthodontic activity.\n(2) Where the contractor provides an orthodontic course of treatment to a patient aged under 10 years that consists of—\n(a) a case assessment; and\n(b) the provision of orthodontic treatment following the case assessment,\nthe contractor provides 4.0 units of orthodontic activity.\n(3) Where the contractor provides an orthodontic course of treatment to a patient aged between 10 and 17 years that consists of—\n(a) a case assessment; and\n(b) the provision of orthodontic treatment following the case assessment,\nthe contractor provides 21.0 units of orthodontic activity.\n(4) Where the contractor provides an orthodontic course of treatment to a patient who is aged 18 years or over that consists of—\n(a) a case assessment; and\n(b) the provision of orthodontic treatment following the case assessment,\nthe contractor provides 23.0 units of orthodontic activity.\n(5) Where the contractor—\n(a) provides a repair to an orthodontic appliance of a patient; and\n(b) the orthodontic course of treatment in which that orthodontic appliance was provided is being provided by another contractor, hospital or relevant service provider under Part 1 of the Act,\nthe contractor provides 0.8 units of orthodontic activity.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Figure in Sch. 2 para. 3(4) substituted (1.4.2006) by The National Health Service (General Dental Services Contracts and Personal Dental Services Agreements) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/563), regs. 1(1), 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3361/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:21.795162+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."
}