2.—(1) The Optical Regulations are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2), after the definition of “patients resources” there is inserted –
““pension credit guarantee credit” shall be construed in accordance with sections 1 and 2 of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(1);”
(3) In regulation 8 (eligibility – supply of optical appliances) –
(a)in paragraph (3), after sub-paragraph (l), there is inserted –
“(m)he is receiving pension credit guarantee credit or is a member of the same family as a person who is receiving pension credit guarantee credit.”; and
(b)in paragraph (4), in sub-paragraph (a) (definition of family), for “sub-paragraphs (b) and (f)”, there is substituted “sub-paragraphs (b), (f) and (m)”.