{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2009/152",
  "legislation_title": "The General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations",
  "text": "In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations—\n(a) omit paragraph 1;\n(b) in paragraph 2(a) for “the regulations” substitute “these Regulations”;\n(c) after paragraph 4(8) insert the following paragraphs—\n“(9) In sub-paragraph (8) “emergency mobile services” means general ophthalmic services provided at a location, other than the contractor’s practice premises, where the contractor has made reasonable arrangements to secure that a patient requiring prompt care will receive such care as soon as appropriately possible.\n(10) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (9) a patient requires “prompt care” if in the clinical opinion of the contractor—\n(a) the patient’s sight is likely to deteriorate without such care;\n(b) the patient is in significant pain by reason of his eye condition; or\n(c) the patient may be at serious risk of sustaining a personal injury as a direct result of having an uncorrected refractive error;\nand “prompt care” does not necessitate a repair or replacement of an optical appliance unless head (c) applies.”;\n(d) in paragraph 13(4) for “the regulations” substitute “these Regulations”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/152/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:32:06.818219+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}