{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/regulation-5.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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 9 of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 9 of the principal Regulations (issue of vouchers by ophthalmic medical practitioners or opticians)—\n(a) after paragraph (1) insert the following paragraphs—\n“(1A) Where—\n(a) a patient has been supplied with an optical appliance following a testing of sight under the Ophthalmic Services Regulations or otherwise; and\n(b) the patient has indicated that he is an eligible person; and\n(c) the ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician, having consulted any records which he has relating to the patient and having made such enquiry of the patient as he considers relevant, is satisfied that—\n(i) the prescription relating to the patient’s existing optical appliance is unchanged; and\n(ii) the patient requires a new optical appliance because his existing appliance has been rendered unserviceable by fair wear and tear,\nthe ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician may issue to the patient, in accordance with paragraph (2), a voucher relating to the optical appliance prescribed by the prescription.\n(1B) Where—\n(a) a patient has been issued with a prescription following a testing of sight under the Ophthalmic Services Regulations or otherwise; and\n(b) the patient has indicated that, following the issue of the prescription, he has become an eligible person; and\n(c) an ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician, having consulted any records which he has relating to the patient and having made such enquiry of the patient as he considers relevant, is satisfied that—\n(i) no voucher has been issued in respect of the prescription; and\n(ii) the prescription is unchanged,\nthe ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician may issue to the patient a voucher relating to the optical appliance prescribed by the prescription.”.\n(b) in paragraph (5), after “Unless” insert “paragraph (1A) or”.",
  "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/5",
    "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."
}