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

Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) and (General Ophthalmic Services) Amendment Regulations 2003.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations shall come into force on 1st April 2003.

(3) Regulations 2 to 4 and 8 to 10 shall come into force on 6th April 2003.

(4) In these Regulations—

“the Optical Regulations” means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997(1); and

“the Ophthalmic Regulations” means the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Regulations 1986(2).

(5) These Regulations apply to England only.

(1)

S.I. 1997/818, as amended by S.I. 1999/609, S.I. 1999/2562, S.I. 2000/594, S.I. 2001/414, S.I. 2001/3066, S.I. 2001/3323, S.I. 2002/547, S.I. 2002/1326.

(2)

S.I. 1986/975; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/395, 1995/558, 1996/2320, 1999/2562, 2001/1084 and 2001/3739.