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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the General Ophthalmic Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (“the principal Regulations”) which make provision for the arrangements under which General Ophthalmic Services are provided.

Regulation 2 omits the definitions of “emergency mobile services” and “prompt care” which were inserted in regulation 2 of the principal Regulations by the General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009.

Regulation 3 increases the income level used to establish eligibility to a sight test for a member of a family in which one member of that family is in receipt of tax credits.

Regulation 4 makes amendments to Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations, including defining “emergency mobile services” and “prompt care” for the purposes of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations.