{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-and-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2000/51",
  "legislation_title": "Optical Charges and Payments and General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-and-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Optical Charges and Payments and General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2000.\n(2) In these Regulations—\n(a) “the 1997 Regulations” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997;\n(b) “the 1986 Regulations” means the General Ophthalmic Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 1 in operation at 1.4.2000, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1997 No. 191; relevant amending Instrument is S.R. 1999 No. 177"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.R. 1986 No. 163 as amended by S.R. 1988 No. 110"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/51/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:16:41.706571+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."
}