The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2003

Made11th September 2003

Laid before the Scottish Parliament12th September 2003

Coming into force6th October 2003

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 26, 105(7) and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19781 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf hereby make the following Regulations.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 6th October 2003.

Amendment of the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Regulations 19862

1

The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Regulations 19862 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2(1) 3 (interpretation), after the definition of “patient” insert

“pension credit guarantee credit” means state pension credit guarantee credit as construed in accordance with sections 1 and 2 of the State Pension Credit Act 20024;

3

In regulation 14 (sight tests – eligibility)5–

a

after sub-paragraph (2)(l) insert–

m
he is a member of the same family as a person who is in receipt of pension credit guarantee credit.

b

for sub-paragraph (4)(a), substitute–

a
in sub-paragraphs (b), (f) and (m), “family” has the meaning given to it by section 137(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19926, as it applies to income support;

MALCOLM CHISHOLM

A member of the Scottish ExecutiveSt Andrew’s House, Edinburgh11th September 2003

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1986, which provide for arrangements under which ophthalmic medical practitioners and ophthalmic opticians provide general ophthalmic services under the National Health Service.

Regulations 2(2) and (3) extend the description of persons entitled to have their sight tested under general ophthalmic services to members of families of those persons in receipt of pension credit guarantee credit.

Regulation 2(3)(b) extends the current definition of “family” contained in section 137(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 to the family of a person in receipt of state pension credit guarantee credit.