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

Determination of a Local Health Board or the National Assembly for Wales made before the relevant date (regulations 8, 9, 10 and 11)

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(1) Where, before the relevant date, a Local Health Board (or where relevant, the National Assembly for Wales) has determined pursuant to regulation 8(5)(a), regulation 9(3) or regulation 11 that an amount should be recovered from the dentist, in so far as any of that amount has not been recovered before the relevant date, it will continue to be recoverable by the Local Health Board that was the appropriate LHB for the purposes of the Service Committees Regulations in respect of that matter, and it will be treated as a debt owed by that dentist to that Board.

(2) Where a contracting LHB has record of, or receives notification of, an adverse determination made before the relevant date pursuant to regulation 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 in respect of a dentist (where, in the case of a determination under regulation 8, such a determination was not overturned on appeal), paragraph (3) will apply without prejudice to any other rights the contracting LHB may have to take action against the relevant contractor pursuant to any term of the general dental services contract or personal dental services agreement.

(3) Where this paragraph applies, the contracting LHB—

(a) may take into account that adverse determination in relation to a relevant contractor if it is considering, pursuant to a term of the general dental services contract that gives effect to paragraph 73(7) of Schedule 3 to the GDS Contracts Regulations or the personal dental services agreement that gives effect to paragraph 71(7) of Schedule 3 to the PDS Agreements Regulations, whether the cumulative effect of breaches under that contract or agreement is such that to allow the contract or agreement to continue would be prejudicial to the efficiency of the services provided under that contract or agreement; but

(b) will not, pursuant to sub-paragraph (a), take into account any adverse determination that was made that occurred more than 6 years prior to the date upon which the contracting LHB is considering terminating the general dental services contract or personal dental services agreement.

(4) Where a Performers List LHB has record of, or receives notification of, an adverse determination pursuant to regulation 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 made before the relevant date in respect of a dentist (where, in the case of a determination under regulation 8, such a determination was not overturned on appeal) it may take that determination into account in determining what (if any) action it should take in respect of that dentist pursuant to its powers under the Performers Lists Regulations.