Regulation 12 National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998

(1)

The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 1(2) (interpretation), after the definition of “tax credit” insert—

““universal credit” means universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012;”.

(3)

In regulation 8(3) (eligibility – supply of optical appliances)—

(a)

omit “or” immediately after sub-paragraph (o); and

(b)

at the end of sub-paragraph (p), insert—

“; or

(q)
he is in receipt of universal credit.”.

Annotations

f1: S.I. 1998/642; relevant amending instruments are S.S.I. 2003/218 and 431, 2004/97 and 168, 2005/119, 2006/138, 2008/289 and 2011/55