# Optical Charges and Payments (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations further amend the Optical Charges and Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989 (“the principal Regulations”) 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 the supply, replacement and repair of optical appliances.
Regulation 2 amends regulation 1 of the principal Regulations in order to include a definition of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance.
Regulation 3(2)(a) removes the capital restriction relating to disability working allowance so that everyone in receipt of this, and members of their families, will be eligible for payments towards the costs of optical appliances.
Regulation 3(2)(b) and (3) extends the categories of eligibility for payments towards the costs of optical appliances to include people in receipt of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance, and also members of the same family as such people.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/424/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/note
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