{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sight-testing-examination-and-prescription-no-2-regulations-1989/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sight-testing-examination-and-prescription-no-2-regulations-1989/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1230",
  "legislation_title": "The Sight Testing (Examination and Prescription) (No. 2) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sight-testing-examination-and-prescription-no-2-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the Act” means the Opticians Act 1958;\n“doctor” means a fully registered person within the meaning of the Medical Act 1983 who holds a licence to practise;\n“optometrist” means a registered optometrist;\n“patient” means a person whose sight has been tested.\n(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations, and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (16.11.2009 as notified in the London Gazette dated 21.8.2009) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135), art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 para. 26 (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (30.6.2005 as notified in the London Gazette dated 3.6.2005) by The Opticians Act 1989 (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/848), Sch. 1 para. 22(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 31.7.1989, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 54."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1230/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:40:33.399590+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."
}