{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-1995/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-1995/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/558",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Amendment Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 13 of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "(1) In regulation 13(2) of the principal Regulations (sight tests — eligibility) the word “or” at the end of paragraph (e) is omitted and after paragraph (f) there is inserted—\n“(g) he is in receipt of disability working allowance and his capital resources, calculated in accordance with the regulations concerning entitlement to that allowance, were not more than £8,000 at the time that allowance was claimed; or\n(h) he is a member of the same family as the person described in paragraph (g) of this paragraph.”.\n(2) For regulation 13(3) of the principal Regulations, there is substituted—\n“(3) In paragraph (2), “family” (in references to membership of the same family) has the meaning given to it by section 137(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992—\n(a) as it applies to income support, in the case of paragraph (2)(b) and (f);\n(b) as it applies to family credit, in the case of paragraph (2)(d); and\n(c) as it applies to disability working allowance, in case of paragraph (2)(h).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 13 was substituted by S.I. 1989/395."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/2887."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1992 c. 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See S.I. 1987/1967, regulations 14 to 16; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663 and 1445, 1989/534, 1990/547, 1992/468 and 3147 and 1993/2119."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "See S.I. 1987/1973, regulations 6 to 9; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/660, 1990/574, 1992/573 and 1993/2119."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "See S.I. 1991/2887, regulations 8 to 11 as assembled by S.I. 1993/2119."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/558/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:14:45.091065+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."
}