Paragraph 4 National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Regulations 1986I1

Regulation 13 (sight tests – eligibility) of the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Regulations 1986^f1 is amended as follows.

In paragraph (1) for sub-paragraph (e) substitute the following—

“(e)

a person who is registered as sight-impaired or severely sight-impaired in a register kept by a local authority in Wales under section 18(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;”.

In paragraph (2) after sub-paragraph (k) insert—

“(ka)

he is a category 2 young person within the meaning of section 104(2) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 to whose maintenance a responsible local authority is contributing under section 109(1) of that Act;”.