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The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2007

W.S.I. 2007/1039 · Made 27 March 2007

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, WALES

Made 27 March 2007

Coming into force 29 March 2007

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 71, 128, 129, 203(9) and (10) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2006 c. 42.

Contents

  1. 1Title, commencement and application
  2. 2Amendment of regulation 1 of the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title, commencement and application

(1)

The title of these Regulations is the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2007 which come into force on 29 March 2007.

(2)

These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

2Amendment of regulation 1 of the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997

In the definition of “NHS sight test fee” in regulation 1(2) of the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997f1—

(a)

for “£50.77” substitute “£52.04”; and

(b)

for “£18.39” substitute “£18.85”.

Signature

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998f1

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

27 March 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997 so as to make reference to an increase in the NHS sight test fees of 2.5%