Article 3 Amendment of article 1 of the POM Order

In article 1 of the POM Order (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2)—

(a)

after the definition of “the Act”, insert the following definition—

““additional supply optometrist” means a person who is registered as an optometrist, and against whose name particulars of the additional supply speciality have been entered in the relevant register;”;

(b)

in the definition of “relevant register”^f1—

(i)

in paragraph (b) omit “and”;

(ii)

in paragraph (c), after “that register” insert “; and”; and

(iii)

after paragraph (c), insert—

“(d)

in relation to a registered optometrist, the register of optometrists maintained under section 7(a) of the Opticians Act 1989;”;

(c)

in the definition of “supplementary prescriber”^f2—

(i)

in paragraph (c), omit “or”;

(ii)

in paragraph (d), after “radiographers: diagnostic or therapeutic;” insert “or”; and

(iii)

after paragraph (d), insert—

“(e)

a registered optometrist,”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: The definition of relevant register was amended by S.I. 2004/1771 and 2005/765
f2: The definition of “supplementary prescriber” was inserted by S.I. 2003/696 and amended by S.I. 2004/1771 and S.I. 2005/765.