http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/41/section/116National Health Service Act 2006An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the health service.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-09-29Expert Participation2026-10-01 Part 6Ophthalmic services<Emphasis><Substitution ChangeId="key-09a24fc582f3631c2fdb27b782483a6c-1572872451954" CommentaryRef="key-09a24fc582f3631c2fdb27b782483a6c">Duty of the Board in relation to primary ophthalmic services</Substitution></Emphasis>Regulations under section 115: supplementary1161Regulations under section 115 which refer to an Act of Parliament or an instrument made under an Act of Parliament may direct that the reference must be construed as a reference to that Act or instrument—aas it has effect at the time when the regulations are made, orbboth as it has effect at that time and as amended subsequently.2Descriptions of persons may be prescribed under section 115(2)(e) by reference to any criterion, including the following—atheir age,bthe fact that a prescribed person or a prescribed body accepts them as suffering from a prescribed medical condition,cthe fact that a prescribed person or a prescribed body accepts that a prescribed medical condition from which they suffer arose in prescribed circumstances,dtheir receipt of benefit in money or kind under any enactment or their entitlement to receive any such benefit,ethe receipt of any such benefit by other persons satisfying prescribed conditions or the entitlement of other persons satisfying prescribed conditions to receive such benefits.3Regulations under section 115(3)(b) may direct that a person's resources and requirements be calculated—aby a method set out in the regulations,bby a method described by reference to a method of calculating or estimating income or capital specified in an enactment other than this section or in an instrument made under an Act of Parliament or by reference to such a method but subject to prescribed modifications,cby reference to an amount applicable for the purposes of a payment under an Act of Parliament or an instrument made under an Act of Parliament, ordby reference to the person's being or having been entitled to payment under an Act of Parliament or an instrument made under an Act of Parliament.S. 115 cross-heading substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 4 para. 54(8); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)