# The Contact Lens (Specification) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2005, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are largely consequential on the amendment of the Opticians Act 1989 (“the Act”) by the Opticians Act 1989 (Amendment) Order 2005 (“the Order”).
Regulation 2 sets out the particulars which must be given by a registered medical practitioner, when he issues a specification to a patient to whom he has fitted a contact lens.
Regulations 3 and 4 amend the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Regulations 1986 (“the 1986 Regulations”) and the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services Supplementary List) and (General Ophthalmic Services Amendment and Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations”) respectively so as to make minor consequential changes following the amendment of the Act by the Order. Regulations 3 and 4 also make other minor amendments not consequential on the Order to the 1986 Regulations and the 2005 Regulations.
Regulation 5 amends the Sight Testing (Examination and Prescription) (No. 2) Regulations 1989 so as to add a further exception to the duty to issue a prescription or statement when a patient is being fitted with contact lenses .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1481/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/contact-lens-specification-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2005/note
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