Regulation 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1st April 2006.

(2)

These Regulations apply in relation to England.

(3)

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

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1997/818, as amended by S.I. 1999/609, S.I. 1999/2562, S.I. 2000/594, S.I. 2001/414, S.I. 2001/3066, S.I. 2001/3323, S.I. 2002/547, S.I. 2002/1326, S.I. 2003/657, S.I. 2003/2381, S.I. 2004/642, S.I. 2004/936, S.I. 2004/1138 and S.I. 2005/483.