{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-care-act-2022/schedule-3/paragraph-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-care-act-2022/schedule-3/paragraph-27.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/31",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Care Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-care-act-2022",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/27",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Ophthalmic services",
  "text": "Before section 115 (and the italic heading before it) insert—\n“Meaning of primary ophthalmic services\nPrimary ophthalmic services for purposes of this Act\n114C (1) Regulations may provide that services of a prescribed description must, or must not, be regarded as primary ophthalmic services for the purposes of this Act (but these regulations may not affect the duty in section 115(1)(a)).\n(2) Regulations under this section may, in particular, describe services by reference to the manner or circumstances in which they are provided.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 27 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 186(6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/31/schedule/3/paragraph/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:56:41.503468+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."
}