{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sight-testing-examination-and-prescription-regulations-1989/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sight-testing-examination-and-prescription-regulations-1989/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1176",
  "legislation_title": "The Sight Testing (Examination and Prescription) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sight-testing-examination-and-prescription-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;\n“optician” means a registered ophthalmic optician;\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": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 54."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1176/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:40:56.325569+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."
}