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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/primary-ophthalmic-services-regulations-2008/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/primary-ophthalmic-services-regulations-2008/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1186",
  "legislation_title": "The Primary Ophthalmic Services Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/primary-ophthalmic-services-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Entitlement to additional services",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, any person falling within regulation 3, except a prisoner, may apply under regulation 4 (or have someone apply on his behalf under regulation 6) to have his sight tested by mobile services.\n(2) He may only have his sight tested at a day centre if he would have difficulty in obtaining mandatory services from practice premises because of physical or mental illness or disability or because of difficulties in communicating his health needs unaided.\n(3) He may only have his sight tested at a residential centre if he normally resides in that establishment and is unable to leave the establishment unaccompanied because of physical or mental illness or disability.\n(4) He may only have his sight tested at his home if he is unable to leave it unaccompanied because of physical or mental illness or disability.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2024/1250",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Ophthalmic Services and Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2024"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2024/1250",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Ophthalmic Services and Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2024"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1186/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:31:26.328554+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."
}