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The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2009

W.S.I. 2009/311 · Made 17 February 2009

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, WALES

Made 17 February 2009

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 18 February 2009

Coming into force 11 March 2009

The Welsh Ministers make the following regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 71, 128, 129 and 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 2009 which come into force on 11 March 2009.

(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 “£53.34” substitute “£54.67”; and

(b)

for “£19.32” substitute “£19.80”.

Signature

Edwina Hart

Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers

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%.