{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-no2-regulations-1996/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-no2-regulations-1996/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2353",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-no2-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 14 of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 14 of the principal Regulations (sight tests-eligibility) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (2)–\n(a) in sub-paragraph (g), omit the words from “and his” to the end; and\n(b) after sub-paragraph (h), add–\n“(i) he is in receipt of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance; or\n(j) he is a member of the same family as a person described in sub-paragraph (i) of this paragraph.”.\n(3) In paragraph (4), after sub-paragraph (c) add–\n“and has the meaning given to it by section 35 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 in the case of paragraph (2)(j).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 14 was substituted by S.I. 1989/387 and amended by S.I. 1995/704."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See regulations 76 to 78 of S.I. 1996/207, as amended by S.I. 1996/1516 and 1517."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2353/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:35:32.208225+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."
}