Paragraph 22 The Sight Testing (Examination and Prescription) (No. 2) Regulations 1989

in regulation 2(1) (interpretation), for the definition of “optician” substitute—

• ““optometrist” means a registered optometrist;”;

for the word “optician”, wherever it occurs, substitute “optometrist”;

in regulation 3(1)(b) (examination) at the end add—

“and

(iii)

if he is referring the patient to a doctor, setting out the reason for the referral.”;

in regulation 4 (exceptions to the duty to issue a prescription statement), for the word “opticians” substitute “optometrists”; and

in regulation 5(1) (particulars to be included in a prescription or statement), in sub-paragraph (a) at the end add “and such other particulars as may be necessary to enable each lens to be replicated.”.