{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-scotland-amendment-regulations-2013/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2013/355",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-scotland-amendment-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In Schedule 1 (terms of service)—\n(a) in paragraph 6(2) (premises and equipment) for “mobile surgery” where it first occurs, substitute “day centre, residential centre or at a place where the patient normally resides”;\n(b) omit “mobile surgery” where it second occurs.\n(2) in paragraph 13 (payments)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (5) omit “or in sub paragraph (6),”;\n(b) omit sub-paragraphs (6) and (7).\n(3) For paragraph 14(1A) (eye examinations), substitute—\n“(1A) An eye examination carried out by an ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician in accordance with these Regulations shall consist of every test or procedure appropriate to the needs of the patient for the purpose of that examination unless—\n(a) the ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician considers that the patient has a physical or mental condition which would make the carrying out of any such test or procedure clinically inappropriate; or\n(b) the patient has refused to undertake any such test or procedure.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in force at 3.2.2014, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/355/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:36:53.659721+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."
}