{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1999/111",
  "legislation_title": "Optical Charges and Payments (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 20 of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 20 of the principal Regulations (payments to patients in respect of the supply, replacement or repair of optical appliances)—\n(a) in paragraph (3)—\n(i) before “Any such claim” insert “Subject to paragraph (3A),”,\n(ii) after “after the date of” insert “payment for”;\n(b) after paragraph (3), insert the following paragraph—\n“(3A) Where a patient pays by instalments for the supply, replacement or repair of an optical appliance, any claim he makes under paragraph (2)(a) or (b) must be made within 3 months after the date of payment of the first instalment.”;\n(c) in paragraph (5), before “Where the Department” insert “Subject to paragraph (7),”;\n(d) in paragraph (6), before “Where the Agency” insert “Subject to paragraph (7),”;\n(e) after paragraph (6), add the following paragraph—\n“(7) Where the Agency makes a refund under paragraph (5) or (6) to a patient who pays by instalments for the supply, replacement or repair of an optical appliance, that payment shall be made as soon as reasonably practicable after the date on which the total value of the instalments paid becomes equal to or greater than the redemption value of the voucher which could have been completed under regulation 9, 10 or 16 if the patient had satisfied the requirements of regulation 9(1), 10(1) or 16(4) as the case may be.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/111/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:20:37.432267+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."
}