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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-no-2-wales-regulations-2025/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2025/1119",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-no-2-wales-regulations-2025",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/818) (“the Optical Regulations”) which provide for payments to be made by means of a voucher system in respect of costs incurred by certain categories of persons in connection with sight tests and the supply, replacement and repair of optical appliances.\nRegulation 2 and the Schedules to these Regulations amend Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to the Optical Regulations to change the value of vouchers issued in respect of the supply, replacement and repair of optical appliances.\nRegulation 3 makes transitional provision in relation to vouchers issued or completed but not used or accepted before 1 April 2025.\nThe Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/1119/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:56:39.760142+00:00"
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  "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."
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