The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/2487
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 22nd November 1991.

(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 .

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations (interpretation) for the definition of “ NHS sight test fee” there is substituted the following definition–

“NHS sight test fee” means, in relation to a testing of a patient’s sight carried out either by an ophthalmic medical practitioner or by an optician–

at a place where the patient normally resides, an amount of £32.15p; or

in any other case, an amount of £12.15;

Section 3 Amendment of regulation 15 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 15(3) of the principal Regulations (redemption value of voucher — supply of optical appliances) in sub-paragraph (a) for the words from “sight” to the end of the sub-paragraph there are substituted the words–

sight–

(i) by reason only of the fact that the patient’s contribution exceeded the NHS sight test fee, by the amount by which the patient’s contribution exceeded the lesser of the amounts specified in regulation 7(a) and (b);

(ii) in any other case, by the amount of the patient’s contribution;