# Optical Charges and Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Regulation 5: Payments to sight testers

Extent: N.I.

(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/191/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-5
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