# The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Amendment Regulations 1996, Regulation 5: Amendment of regulation 9 of the principal Regulations


In regulation 9 (removal from ophthalmic list), after paragraph (2) insert the following new paragraph—
“(2A) In calculating the period of six months referred to in paragraph (2), a Health Authority shall disregard any period during which the contractor provided no general ophthalmic services by reason only that he was suspended by direction of the Tribunal.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/705/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-1996/regulation-5
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