{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/424",
  "legislation_title": "Optical Charges and Payments (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 8 of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 8 of the principal Regulations (eligibility — supply of optical appliances) shall be amended as provided by paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) In paragraph (3)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (g), the words from “and his” to the end shall be omitted; and\n(b) after sub-paragraph (h), there shall be added—\n“(i) he is in receipt of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance; or\n(j) he is a member of the same family as a person described in sub-paragraph (i).”.\n(3) In paragraph (4), after sub-paragraph (c), there shall be added—\n“and has the meaning given to it by Article 2(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 in the case of paragraph 3(j).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "As amended by S.R. 1995 No. 114 regulation 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See S.R. 1996 No. 198, regulations 76 to 78 as amended by S.R. 1996 Nos. 356 and 358"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/424/regulation/3",
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  },
  "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."
}