{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-contracts-regulations-2005/schedule-3/paragraph-76",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-contracts-regulations-2005/schedule-3/paragraph-76.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/76",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "76",
  "heading": "Contract sanctions and the NHS dispute resolution procedure",
  "text": "(1) If there is a dispute between NHS England and the contractor in relation to a contract sanction that NHS England is proposing to impose, NHS England shall not, subject to sub-paragraph (4), impose the proposed contract sanction except in the circumstances specified in sub-paragraph (2)(a).\n(2) If the contractor refers the dispute relating to the contract sanction to the NHS dispute resolution procedure within 28 days beginning on the date on which NHS England served notice on the contractor in accordance with paragraph 75(4) (or such longer period as may be agreed in writing with NHS England), and notifies NHS England in writing that it has done so, NHS England shall not impose the contract sanction unless—\n(a) there has been a determination of the dispute pursuant to paragraph 56 and that determination permits NHS England to impose the contract sanction; or\n(b) the contractor ceases to pursue the NHS dispute resolution procedure,\nwhichever is the sooner.\n(3) If the contractor does not invoke the NHS dispute resolution procedure within the time specified in sub-paragraph (2), NHS England shall be entitled to impose the contract sanction forthwith.\n(4) If NHS England is satisfied that it is necessary to impose the contract sanction before the NHS dispute resolution procedure is concluded in order to—\n(a) protect the safety of the contractor's patients; or\n(b) protect itself from material financial loss,\nNHS England shall be entitled to impose the contract sanction forthwith, pending the outcome of that procedure.",
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3361/schedule/3/paragraph/76",
    "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."
}