The General Dental Services and Personal Dental Services Transitional Provisions (Wales) Order 2006

Duration of entitlement to a personal dental services agreement

19.—(1) In a case where—

(a) the prospective contractor has appealed in accordance with article 18; and

(b) the determination requires the Local Health Board to enter into a personal dental services agreement,

the entitlement of the prospective contractor to enter into such an agreement continues for the period of six weeks beginning on the date on which the parties were notified of the determination.

(2) Where a person who is entitled to enter into an agreement under article 14(1), 15(1), 16(1) or 17(1) has been unable to do so before 1 April 2006 because he or she is performing relevant service, he or she will be entitled to exercise his or her entitlement to enter into a personal dental services agreement until the end of the period of six weeks beginning on the date on which he or she ceases to perform relevant service.

(3) Nothing in this Order will require a Local Health Board to enter into a personal dental services agreement with any person (whether that person contracts alone or with others) on more than one occasion.