{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-and-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-and-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2003/176",
  "legislation_title": "Optical Charges and Payments and General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-and-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 1 of the Optical Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 1 of the Optical Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2), –\n(a) after the definition of “child”, there is inserted –\n““child tax credit” means child tax credit under section 8 of the Tax Credits Act 2002;”;\n(b) after the definition of “complex appliance”, there is inserted –\n““disability element” means the disability element of working tax credit as specified in section 11(3) of the Tax Credits Act 2002;”;\n(c) after the definition of “the 1989 regulations”, there is inserted –\n““relevant income” has the same meaning as in section 7(3) of Part I of the Tax Credits Act 2002;”;\n(d) after the definition of “voucher”, there is inserted –\n““working tax credit” means working tax credit under the Tax Credits Act 2002.”; and\n(e) the definitions of “amount withdrawn”, “disabled person’s tax credit” and “working families' tax credit” are omitted.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 6.4.2003, see reg. 1(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Definition inserted by regulation 2 of S.R. 2000 No. 51"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2002 c. 21"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Definitions inserted by regulation 2 of S.R. 1999 No. 394"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/176/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:03:28.466384+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."
}