(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 (“the 1998 Regulations”) which provide for payments to be made by means of a voucher system in respect of costs incurred by certain categories of persons in connection with the supply, replacement and repair of optical appliances.
Regulations 2(2) and 2(3)(b) insert new definitions into the 1998 Regulations which relate to the amendment made by regulation 2(3)(a). Regulation 2(3)(a) amends regulation 8 of the 1998 Regulations to provide that a person who is receiving income-related employment and support allowance (or a member of that person’s family) will be entitled to a payment towards the cost incurred for the supply of an optical appliance for which a prescription has been given.