Regulation 5 Payments to sight testersI1
Northern Ireland
(1)
The Agency shall, if the conditions specified in paragraph (2) are fulfilled, make a payment of the voucher’s redemption value to an ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician who has used a voucher in accordance with regulation 4(4).
(2)
The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that—
(a)
the patient has signed the declaration referred to in regulation 4(3);
(b)
the ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician has—
(i)
made a claim for a payment on a duly completed voucher to the Agency within the period of 3 months beginning with the date of the testing of sight, and
(ii)
informed the Agency of the amount of the patient’s contribution.
Annotations
Commencement
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Reg. 5 in operation at 1.4.1997, see reg. 1(1)