{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-1997/regulation-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-1997/regulation-22.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/818",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/22",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Signatures and claims for payments",
  "text": "(1) A signature required by these regulations may be given, and a claim for a payment pursuant to regulations 6 or 20 may be made—\n(a) on behalf of a child by either parent or, in the absence of both parents, the guardian or other adult person who has the care of the child;\n(b) on behalf of any other person who is incapable of giving the signature, by a relative or any other adult who has the care of that person; or\n(c) on behalf of any person under 18 years of age—\n(i) looked after by a local authority within the meaning of section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989, by a person duly authorised by that authority;\n(ii) accommodated by a voluntary organisation, by that organisation or a person duly authorised by them.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 22 in force at 1.4.1997, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 41."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2016/211",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2016"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/818/regulation/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:20:50.018635+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}