{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-scotland-amendment-regulations-2001/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-scotland-amendment-regulations-2001/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2001/62",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-scotland-amendment-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2001.\n(2) These Regulations shall come into force–\n(a) on 1st April 2001 for all purposes except regulations 4 and 5(2) and (4);\n(b) on 10th April 2001 for the purposes of regulation 4; and\n(c) on 1st May 2001 for the purposes of regulation 5(2) and (4).\n(3) In these Regulations–\n“the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1986,\n“primary care NHS trust” means an NHS trust to which functions have been delegated pursuant to section 12AA of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/965, amended by S.I. 1988/543, 1989/387 and 1177, 1990/1048, 1991/534, 1992/531, 1995/704, 1996/843 and 2353, 1999/725 and S.S.I. 1999/55."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/62/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:47:58.445579+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."
}