Optical Charges and Payments and General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Amendment of regulation 2 of the Ophthalmic Regulations

8.  In regulation 2 of the Ophthalmic Regulations (interpretation), in paragraph (1) –

(a) after the definition of “capital limit(1)”, there is inserted –

““child tax credit” means child tax credit under section 8 of the Tax Credits Act 2002;”;

(b) after the definition of “deputy”, there is inserted—

““disability element” means the disability element of working tax credit as specified in section 11(3) of the Tax Credits Act 2002;”;

(c) after the definition of “qualifications”, there is inserted –

• ““relevant income” has the same meaning as in section 7(3) of Part I of the Tax Credits Act 2002;”;

(d) after the definition of “notice of entitlement(2)” after “regulation 7” there is inserted “or 7ZA”

(e) after the definition of “training school(3)”, there is inserted –

““working tax credit” means working tax credit under the Tax Credits Act 2002.”; and

(f) the definitions of “amount withdrawn”, “disabled person’s tax credit” and “working families' tax credit” are omitted(4).

(1)

Definition inserted by S.R. 1989 No. 113

(2)

Definition inserted by S.R. 1989 No. 113

(3)

Definition inserted by S.R. 1996 No. 135

(4)

Definitions inserted by regulation 3 of S.R. 1999 No. 394