Optical Charges and Payments and General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Amendment of the 1986 Regulations

3.—(1) In regulation 2(1) of the 1986 Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation)—

(a) at the beginning before the definition of “Board” there shall be inserted—

““amount withdrawn” means working families' tax credit, or as the case may be, the amount by which the appropriate maximum disabled person’s tax credit, determined in accordance with section 127(5) or 128(8) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, as the case may be, is reduced by virtue of the claimant’s income exceeding the applicable amount;”;

(b) for the definition of “disability working allowance” there shall be substituted—

““disabled person’s tax credit” means disabled person’s tax credit under section 128 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;”;

(c) the definition of “family credit” shall be deleted;

(d) after the definition of “training school” there shall be substituted—

““working families' tax credit” means working families' tax credit under section 127 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;”.

(2) In regulation 15 of the 1986 Regulations (sight tests – eligibility)(1)—

(a) for paragraph (2)(c) there shall be substituted—

“(c) he is in receipt of working families' tax credit with an amount withdrawn of £70.00 or less;”;

(b) for paragraph (2)(d) there shall be substituted—

“(d) he is a member of the same family as a person described in sub-paragraph (c);”;

(c) for paragraph (2)(g) there shall be substituted—

“(g) he is in receipt of disabled person’s tax credit with an amount withdrawn of £70.00 or less;”;

(d) in paragraph (3)(b) for “family credit” there shall be substituted “working families' tax credit”;

(e) in paragraph (3)(c) for “disability working allowance” there shall be substituted “disabled persons' tax credit”.

(1)

Regulation 15 was substituted by S.R. 1989 No. 113 and amended by S.R. 1995 No. 115