{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-scotland-amendment-no-2-regulations-2004",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-scotland-amendment-no-2-regulations-2004.json",
  "id": "ssi/2004/168",
  "title": "The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2004",
  "short_title": "National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) 2004",
  "long_title": "These Regulations further amend the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 which provide for payments to be made by means of a voucher system, in respect of costs incurred by certain categories of persons in connection with sight tests and the supply, replacement or repair of optical appliances and make consequential provisions arising from the dissolution of NHS trusts.",
  "citation": "S.S.I. 2004/168",
  "type": "ssi",
  "year": "2004",
  "number": "168",
  "version": "current",
  "date": "2004-03-30",
  "revised": false,
  "valid_from": null,
  "extent": null,
  "unapplied_effects": 0,
  "provisions": [
    {
      "path": "introduction",
      "kind": "introduction",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Introductory text",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-scotland-amendment-no-2-regulations-2004/introduction",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/1",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": "Citation and commencement",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-scotland-amendment-no-2-regulations-2004/regulation-1",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/2",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": "Amendment of the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-scotland-amendment-no-2-regulations-2004/regulation-2",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "signature",
      "kind": "signature",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Signature",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-scotland-amendment-no-2-regulations-2004/signature",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "note",
      "kind": "note",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Explanatory note",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-scotland-amendment-no-2-regulations-2004/note",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    }
  ],
  "has_text": true,
  "pdfs": [
    {
      "title": "Printed copy",
      "main": true,
      "language": null,
      "date": "2008-12-05",
      "size": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-scotland-amendment-no-2-regulations-2004/pdf/ssi_20040168_en.pdf",
      "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/168/pdfs/ssi_20040168_en.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "made_under": [
    {
      "id": "ukpga/1978/29",
      "title": "National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978",
      "provisions": [
        "section/26",
        "section/70",
        "section/74",
        "section/105",
        "section/108",
        "schedule/11/paragraph/2",
        "schedule/11/paragraph/2A"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "changes_made_to": 0,
  "changes_made_to_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-scotland-amendment-no-2-regulations-2004/changes.json",
  "changes_made_by": 17,
  "changes_made_by_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-scotland-amendment-no-2-regulations-2004/changes/by-it.json",
  "instruments_made_under": 0,
  "instruments_made_under_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-scotland-amendment-no-2-regulations-2004/instruments.json",
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/168",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:31:48.949053+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."
}