Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (“the principal Regulations”) which make provision as to the arrangements under which ophthalmic medical practitioners and opticians provide general ophthalmic services under the National Health Service in Scotland.

Regulation 2(2) amends regulation 7(7) of the principal Regulations to correct a typographical error.

2(3) amends paragraph 2(c) of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations to substitute a reference to the National Health Service (Discipline Committee) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 for the reference to the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) (Scotland) Regulations 1992 which are to be repealed with effect from 1st July 2006.

Regulation 2(4) amends paragraph 11(1) of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations to remove an erroneous reference to paragraph 11.