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

Statutory Instruments

2004 No. 642

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

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

Made

9th March 2004

Laid before Parliament

11th March 2004

Coming into force

Regulations 1, 2, 3(1) and (4), 4 and 5

1st April 2004

Regulation 3(2) and (3)

6th April 2004

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 38, 78(1) and 126(4) of, and paragraphs 2 and 2A of Schedule 12 to, the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations—

(1)

1977 c. 49; see section 128(1), as amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 26(2)(g) and (i), for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 38 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) (“the Health Services Act”), section 1 and Schedule 1, paragraph 51; by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48) (“the Health and Social Security Act), section 1(3); by S.I. 1985/39, article 7(11); by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49) (“the Health and Medicines Act”), section 13(1); by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the Health Authorities Act”), Schedule 1, paragraph 27; and by the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17) (“the National Health Service Reform Act”), section 1(3) and Schedule 2, Part 1, paragraph 11. Section 78(1) was amended by section 25 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Health and Medicines Act. Section 126(4) was amended by the 1990 Act, section 65(2), by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”), Schedule 4, paragraph 37(6) and by the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15) (“the 2001 Act”), Schedule 5, paragraph 5(13)(b). Paragraph 2 of Schedule 12 was substituted by sections 11(8) and 25 of, and paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to, and Schedule 3 to, the Health and Medicines Act, by section 25(2) of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to, the Health Services Act, and by section 24 of, and Part 1 of Schedule 8 to, the Health and Social Security Act. Paragraph 2A of Schedule 12 was inserted by the Health and Social Security Act, Schedule 1, Part I, paragraph 3 and amended by section 13(2) and (3) of the Health and Medicines Act. The functions of the Secretary of State under the National Health Service Act 1977 are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales under the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672, article 2(a) and Schedule 1 as amended by section 66(5) of the 1999 Act.