{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-etc-patients-forums-amendment-regulations-2003/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2863",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Medical Services etc.) (Patients' Forums) Amendment Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-etc-patients-forums-amendment-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the General Ophthalmic Services Regulations",
  "text": "In Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Regulations 1986 (terms of service), at the end of paragraph 2 (incorporation of provisions), there shall be added—\n“and\n(e) so much of regulation 3 of the Patients' Forums (Functions) Regulations 2003 as relate to the entry and inspection of premises either owned or controlled by the contractor or where general opthalmic services are provided.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/975; relevant amendments are S.I. 1996/705 and 2001/414."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2863/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:45:34.066364+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."
}