The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) and (General Ophthalmic Services) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003

Amendment of regulation 2 of the 1986 Regulations

8.—(1) Regulation 2 of the 1986 Regulations (interpretation), is amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) Omit the definitions of —

• “amount withdrawn”

• “disabled person’s tax credit”

• “working families' tax credit”.

(3) In the appropriate positions in alphabetical order insert the following definitions—

““child tax credit” means child tax credit under section 8 of the Tax Credits Act 2002(1);

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

“gross annual income” means income that is calculated for a tax year for the purposes of Part I of the Tax Credits Act 2002 in accordance with regulations made under section 7 of that Act;

“working tax credit” means working tax credit under section 10 of the Tax Credits Act 2002;”.

(1)

2002 c. 21.