http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/424/introductionOptical Charges and Payments and General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003CareState pensionsPublic order, justice and rightsHealth care services and specialismsHEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICESStatute Law Database2024-10-28Expert Participation2007-11-09 These Regulations make amendments to the Health and Personal Social Services (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and the Health and Personal Social Services (General Ophthalmic Services) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986 consequent on the introduction of pension credit guarantee credit in the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002. The purpose of the amendments is to ensure that those in receipt of pension credit guarantee credit and members of their families will be entitled to Health Service vouchers to put towards the cost of spectacles and contact lenses and to General Ophthalmic Services free of charge. 2003 No. 424 Made 26th September 2003 Coming into operation 6th October 2003 The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 62, 98, 106 and 107(6) of, and Schedule 15 to, the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel, and after consultation with such organisations as appeared to the Department to be representative of medical practitioners practising as ophthalmic medical practitioners, and ophthalmic opticians, as required by Article 62(3) of the said Order, hereby makes the following Regulations: See S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(6) S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14); relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1984/1158 (N.I. 8) – Article 3 and Schedules 1 and 6; S.I. 1988/2249 (N.I. 24) – Article 8; S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1) – Article 34 and Schedule 5