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Optical Charges and Payments and General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

S.R. 2003/424 · Made 26 September 2003 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES

Made 26th September 2003

Coming into operation 6th October 2003

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safetyf1 in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 62, 98, 106 and 107(6) of, and Schedule 15 to, the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972f2 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel, and after consultation with such organisations as appeared to the Department to be representative of medical practitioners practising as ophthalmic medical practitioners, and ophthalmic opticians, as required by Article 62(3) of the said Order, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

See S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(6)

f2

S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14); relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1984/1158 (N.I. 8) – Article 3 and Schedules 1 and 6; S.I. 1988/2249 (N.I. 24) – Article 8; S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1) – Article 34 and Schedule 5

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment of the Optical Regulations
  3. 3Amendment of the Ophthalmic Regulations Repealed
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Optical Charges and Payments and General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 6th October 2003.

(2)

In these regulations –

  • “the Optical Regulations” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997f1; and

  • “the Ophthalmic Regulations” means the Health and Personal Social Services (General Ophthalmic Services) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986f2.

2Amendment of the Optical RegulationsI1

(1)

The Optical Regulations are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2), after the definition of “patients resources” there is inserted –

  • ““pension credit guarantee credit” shall be construed in accordance with sections 1 and 2 of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002f1;”

(3)

In regulation 8 (eligibility – supply of optical appliances) –

(a)

in paragraph (3), after sub-paragraph (l), there is inserted –

“(m)

he is receiving pension credit guarantee credit or is a member of the same family as a person who is receiving pension credit guarantee credit.”; and

(b)

in paragraph (4), in sub-paragraph (a) (definition of family), for “sub-paragraphs (b) and (f)”, there is substituted “sub-paragraphs (b), (f) and (m)”.

3Amendment of the Ophthalmic RegulationsF1

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Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 26th September 2003.

L.S.

Dr. J. F. Livingstone

Senior Officer of the

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 26th September 2003.

L.S.

Jack Layberry

Senior Officer of the

Department of Finance and Personnel

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations make amendments to the Health and Personal Social Services (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and the Health and Personal Social Services (General Ophthalmic Services) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986 consequent on the introduction of pension credit guarantee credit in the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002. The purpose of the amendments is to ensure that those in receipt of pension credit guarantee credit and members of their families will be entitled to Health Service vouchers to put towards the cost of spectacles and contact lenses and to General Ophthalmic Services free of charge.