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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2014/2",
  "legislation_title": "The General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the General Ophthalmic Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (the principal Regulations) to update provision in relation to mobile services.\nThey clarify to whom mobile services may be provided and the information that contractors must provide to the Regional Health and Social Care Board prior to providing mobile services.\nThe Regulations introduce a new provision which forbids the offer of any inducements by contractors in order to secure the provision of mobile services.\nIn addition, these Regulations omit paragraph 14(3) of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations, so that where a contractor tests the sight of a patient with diabetes or glaucoma there is no longer a requirement to notify the patient’s doctor of the test results.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/2/note",
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  "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."
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