# General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999, Regulation 3: Amendment of regulation 15 of the principal Regulations

Extent: N.I.

In regulation 15 of the principal Regulations (sight tests - eligibility)—
(a) after paragraph (1)(b) insert—
“(bb) a person who is aged 60 years or more;”; and
(b) at the end of paragraph (1)(f) insert “or has been advised by an ophthalmologist that he is predisposed to the development of glaucoma;”;
(c) after paragraph (2) insert—
“(2A) In 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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/112/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/regulation-3
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