General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
S.R. 1999/112 · Made 11 March 1999 · Extends to Northern Ireland
HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES
Made11th March 1999
Coming into operation1st April 1999
The Department of Health and Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 62, 106 and 107(6) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, and in conjunction with the Department of Finance and Personnel and after consultation with such organisations as appeared to the Department to be representative of medical practitioners practising as ophthalmic medical practitioners, and ophthalmic opticians, as required by Article 62(3) of the said Order, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Annotations to the whole text
Textual amendments
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Regulations revoked (9.11.2007) by General Ophthalmic Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/436), regs. 1, 23(1), Sch. 3 (with reg. 23(2))
Footnotes
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S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14) as amended by S.I. 1978/1907 (N.I. 26) Article 13; S.I. 1984/1158 (N.I. 8) Article 3(1) and (2), paragraph 1 of Schedule 1, Article 17 and Part I of Schedule 6; S.I. 1988/2249 (N.I. 24) Article 8(1) and (2); S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1) Part I of Schedule 5
Contents
- 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
- 2Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations
- 3Amendment of regulation 15 of the principal Regulations
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation, commencement and interpretationF1I1
These Regulations may be cited as the General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1999.
In these Regulations, the “principal Regulations” means the General Ophthalmic Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986.
2Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal RegulationsF1I1
In regulation 5 of the principal Regulations (qualifications of ophthalmic medical practitioners)—
in paragraph (1)(b)(iii), for “the Diploma in Ophthalmology awarded conjointly by the Royal College of Physicians of London and the Royal College of Surgeons of England,” substitute “the Membership of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists,”;
omit paragraph (c) and the word “or” preceding it.
3Amendment of regulation 15 of the principal RegulationsF1I1
In regulation 15 of the principal Regulations (sight tests - eligibility)—
after paragraph (1)(b) insert—
“()bb
”a person who is aged 60 years or more;; and
at the end of paragraph (1)(f) insert “or has been advised by an ophthalmologist that he is predisposed to the development of glaucoma;”;
after paragraph (2) insert—
“()2A
f1In paragraph (1)(f) “ophthalmologist” means a doctor whose name is included in the register of specialists kept by the General Medical Council under Article 8 of the European Specialist Medical Qualifications Order 1995”and in respect of whom that register indicates his speciality to be ophthalmology..
Signature
F1Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on
L.S.
Joan Dixon
Assistant Secretary
11th March 1999.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on
L.S.
J. G. Sullivan
Assistant Secretary
11th March 1999.
Explanatory note
F1(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations further amend the General Ophthalmic Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986 (“the principal Regulations”) which provide for the arrangements under which ophthalmic medical practitioners and ophthalmic opticians provide General Ophthalmic Services.
In these Regulations, regulation 5 is updated to take account of changes in the qualifications required by ophthalmic medical practitioners. Regulation 15, which sets out who is eligible for free sight tests, has a new category added for persons aged 60 or more. It also extends the category relating to glaucoma to include those who are advised by ophthalamologists (as defined in regulation 15(2A)) that they are predisposed to developing glaucoma.