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) 2002 and shall come into operation—

(a)

except for regulations 3 and 6, on 1st April 2002; and

(b)

regulations 3 and 6 on 9th April 2002.

(2)

In these Regulations—

(a)

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

(b)

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

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 1 in operation at 1.4.2002, see reg. 1(1)(a)

Footnotes

f1: S.R 1997 No. 191; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1999 Nos. 111 and 394; S.R. 2000 No. 51; and S.R. 2001 No. 133
f2: S.R. 1986 No. 163; regulation 15 was substituted by S.R. 1989 No. 113, sub-paragraph 2(g) was added by S.R. 1995 No. 115, and sub-paragraphs 2(c) and (g) were substituted by S.R. 1999 No. 394