Regulation 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2001.

(2)

These Regulations shall come into force—

(a)

except for regulation 2, on 1st April 2001; and

(b)

regulation 2, on 10th April 2001.

(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, 2000/594, 2000/3029 and 2001/414.