Regulation 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2002.

(2)

These Regulations shall come into force—

(a)

except for regulation 2, on 1st April 2002; and

(b)

regulation 2, on 9th April 2002.

(3)

In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997^f1.

(4)

These Regulations extend to England only.

Annotations

f1: S.I. 1997/818 as amended by S.I. 1997/2488, 1998/499, 1999/609, 1999/2562, 2000/594, 2000/3029, 2001/414, 2001/749, 2001/3066 and 2002/35.