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Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Optical Charges and Payments and General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 12th November 2001.

(2)

In these Regulations—

(a)

“the 1997 Regulations” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997f1;

(b)

“the 1986 Regulations” means the General Ophthalmic Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986f2.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 1 in operation at 12.11.2001, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

S.R. 1997 No. 191, relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1999 No. 111, S.R. 2000 Nos. 51 and 341, and S.R. 2001 No. 133

f2

S.R. 1986 No. 163 as amended by S.R. 1988 No. 110, S.R. 1989 No. 113, S.R. 1990 No. 191, S.R. 1996 No. 135, S.R. 1999 No. 394, and S.R. 2000 No. 51