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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-contracts-regulations-2005/schedule-3/paragraph-78",
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  "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/78",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "78",
  "heading": "Evidence of exemption under the Act",
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the contractor shall ensure that it requests, in respect of a person who makes a declaration relating to exemption under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 12ZA to the Act, evidence in support of that declaration.\n(2) The contractor shall ensure that—\n(a) a note of the type of evidence submitted is made; or\n(b) in the case where no evidence is submitted, a note of that fact is made.\n(3) Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply where the contractor is satisfied that the person in respect of whom the declaration is made is under the age of 18 years.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Section 12ZA is inserted into the Act by section 183(2) of the 2003 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3361/schedule/3/paragraph/78",
    "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."
}