{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-22.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1997/191",
  "legislation_title": "Optical Charges and Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "regulation/22",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Signatures and claims for payments",
  "text": "(1) A signature required by these Regulations may be given, and a claim for a refund pursuant to regulation 6 or 20 may be made—\n(a) on behalf of any child by either parent or, in the absence of both parents, the guardian or other adult person who has the care of the child;\n(b) on behalf of any person who is incapable of giving the signature, by a relative or other adult who has the care of that person; or\n(c) on behalf of any person under 18 years of age who is—\n(i) in the care of an authority to whose care he has been committed under the provisions of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, by a person duly authorised by that authority;\n(ii) in the care of a voluntary organisation, by that voluntary organisation or a person duly authorised by it; or\n(iii) in a training school, by the Manager of that training school.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 22 in operation at 1.4.1997, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/191/regulation/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:33:24.143933+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."
}