The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/2328
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 7th October 1996.

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

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 1 of the principal Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2), after the definition of “family credit” insert—

“an income-based jobseeker’s allowance” has the meaning given to it by section 1(4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 ;

Section 3 Amendment of regulation 8 of the principal Regulations

(1) Regulation 8 of the principal Regulations (eligibility—supply of optical appli ances) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (3)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (g), omit the words from “and his” to the end; and

(b) after sub-paragraph (h), add—

(i) he is in receipt of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance; or

(j) he is a member of the same family as a person described in sub-paragraph (i) of this paragraph.

(3) In paragraph (4), after sub-paragraph (c), add—

“and has the meaning given to it by section 35 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 in the case of paragraph 3(j).”.