{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-1996/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-1996/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/705",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Amendment Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations (interpretation), after the definition of “the Statement” insert—\n““suspended by direction of the Tribunal” means suspended as respects the provision of general ophthalmic services to patients by a direction of the Tribunal made pursuant to section 49A(2) or section 49B(1) of the Act or to any provisions in force in Scotland or Northern Ireland corresponding to those provisions;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Sections 49A and 49B were inserted by section 2(1) of the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1995 (c. 31)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/705/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:48:34.408927+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."
}