Regulation 3 Amendment of regulation 8 of the principal Regulations

(1)

Regulation 8 of the principal Regulations (eligibility — supply of optical appliances)^f1 shall be amended as provided by paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

In paragraph (3)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (g), the words from “and his” to the end shall be omitted; and

(b)

after sub-paragraph (h), there shall be added—

“(i)

he is in receipt of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance; or

(j)

he is a member of the same family as a person described in sub-paragraph (i).”.

(3)

In paragraph (4), after sub-paragraph (c), there shall be added—

“and has the meaning given to it by Article 2(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f2 in the case of paragraph 3(j).”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: As amended by S.R. 1995 No. 114 regulation 5
f2: See S.R. 1996 No. 198, regulations 76 to 78 as amended by S.R. 1996 Nos. 356 and 358