# The Care and Support (Sight-impaired and Severely Sight-impaired Adults) Regulations 2014, Regulation 2: Persons to be treated as sight-impaired or severely sight-impaired


(1) For the purposes of section 77 of the Care Act 2014, a person is to be treated as being sight-impaired if the person is certified as such by a consultant ophthalmologist.
(2) For the purposes of that section, a person is to be treated as being severely sight-impaired if the person is certified as such by a consultant ophthalmologist.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2854/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-sight-impaired-and-severely-sight-impaired-adults-regulations-2014/regulation-2
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