{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-and-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-and-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2002/85",
  "legislation_title": "Optical Charges and Payments and General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-and-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2002",
  "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) 2002 and shall come into operation—\n(a) except for regulations 3 and 6, on 1st April 2002; and\n(b) regulations 3 and 6 on 9th April 2002.\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 1.4.2002, see reg. 1(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "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"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/85/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:08:30.617169+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."
}