PART 5CONTRACTS: REQUIRED TERMS
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1
Except in the circumstances specified in paragraph (2), a contract must provide for it to subsist until it is terminated in accordance with the terms of the contract or the general law.
2
The circumstances referred to in paragraph (1) are that the Primary Care Trust has terminated the contract of another provider of primary dental services, and as a result of that termination, it wishes to enter into a temporary contract for a period specified in the contract for the provision of services.
3
Where a contract is entered into pursuant to paragraph (2)—
a
paragraph 66 (termination by the contractor) of Schedule 3 shall not apply to the contract; and
b
the parties to the temporary contract may include such terms as to termination by notice as they may agree.