{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2009/16",
  "legislation_title": "General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (Interpretation), in the appropriate places in the alphabetical order, insert—\n““emergency mobile services” means general ophthalmic services provided at a location, other than the contractor’s practice premises, where a contractor has made reasonable arrangements to secure that a patient requiring prompt care will receive such care as soon as appropriately possible. For the purposes of this definition 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;\n“prompt care” in relation to “emergency mobile services” does not necessitate a repair or replacement of an optical appliance unless paragraph (c) of the definition of “emergency mobile services” applies;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/16/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:33:33.169847+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."
}