The National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) and (Optical Charges and Payments) and (General Ophthalmic Services) Amendment Regulations 2004

• Citation: S.I. 2004/936
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) and (Optical Charges and Payments) and (General Ophthalmic Services) Amendment Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 6th April 2004.

(2) These Regulations apply to England only.

(3) In these Regulations—

“the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 2003 ;

“the Optical Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997 ; and

“the Ophthalmic Regulations ” means the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Regulations 1986 .

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 5 of the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations

In regulation 5(2)(e) of the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations (entitlement to full remission and payment) for “requirements equal or exceed his income resources” there is substituted “income resources do not exceed his requirements or exceed his requirements by fifty per cent or less of the amount of the charge specified in regulation 3(1)(b) (supply of drugs and appliances by chemists) of the Charges Regulations” .

Section 3 Amendment of the Optical Regulations and the Ophthalmic Regulations

(1) In regulation 8(3)(e) of the Optical Regulations (eligibility- supply of optical appliances) after “requirements as so calculated” there is inserted “or exceed his requirements as so calculated by fifty per cent or less of the amount of the charge specified in regulation 3(1)(b) (supply of drugs and appliances by chemists) of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2000 ”.

(2) In regulation 13(2)(e) of the Ophthalmic Regulations (sight tests-eligibility) after “requirements as so calculated” there is inserted “or exceed his requirements as so calculated by fifty per cent or less of the amount of the charge specified in regulation 3(1)(b) (supply of drugs and appliances by chemists) of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2000 ”.