{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-contracts-regulations-2005/schedule-3/paragraph-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-contracts-regulations-2005/schedule-3/paragraph-51.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/3/paragraph/51",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Co-operation with investigations",
  "text": "(1) The contractor shall co-operate with—\n(a) any investigation of a complaint in relation to any matter reasonably connected with the provision of services under the contract undertaken by—\n(i) NHS England; and\n(ii) the Health Service Commissioner; and\n(b) any investigation of a complaint by an NHS body or local authority which relates to a patient or former patient of the contractor.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1)—\n“NHS body” means NHS England, an NHS trust, an NHS foundation trust, ... a Local Health Board, a Health Board, a Health and Social Services Board, a Health and Social Services Trust or, a Health Board or Special Health Board constituted under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 ;\n“local authority” means—\n(a)any of the bodies listed in section 1 of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (local authorities);\n(b)the Council of the Isles of Scilly; ...\n(c)a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (constitution of councils); or\n(d) a council of a county or county borough in Wales;\n“Health Service Commissioner” means the person appointed Health Service Commissioner for England in accordance with section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Health Service Commissioners Act 1993.\n(3) The co-operation required by sub-paragraph (1) includes—\n(a) answering questions reasonably put to the contractor by NHS England;\n(b) providing any information relating to the complaint reasonably required by NHS England; and\n(c) attending any meeting to consider the complaint (if held at a reasonably accessible place and at a reasonable hour, and due notice has been given) if the contractor's presence at the meeting is reasonably required by the Primary Care Trust.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Regulations substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 51(1)(a)(ii) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Local Authority Social Services and National Health Service Complaints (England) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/309), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 5(3)(b)(i) (with Sch. para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 51(2) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The National Health Service (Primary Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/364), regs. 1(1), 19(27)(b)(ii) (with Sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 3 para. 51(2) omitted (6.4.2016) by virtue of The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/211), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 66(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 3 para. 51(2) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/211), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 66(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 51(2) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/211), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 66(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 51(2) inserted (1.4.2009) by The Local Authority Social Services and National Health Service Complaints (England) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/309), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 5(3)(b)(ii) (with Sch. para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1978 c. 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1970 c. 42; section 1 was amended by the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), section 195 and by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), Schedule 10, paragraph 7."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1994 c. 39."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3361/schedule/3/paragraph/51",
    "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."
}