2008 No. 1657
National Health Service, England
The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2008
Made 26th June 2008
Laid before Parliament 1st July 2008
Coming into force 1st August 2008

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 126(4) of, and paragraphs 2A and 2B of Schedule 12 to, the National Health Service Act 1977.
c. 49; section 126(4) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19), section 65(2); the Health Act 1999 (c.8), section 65(1) and Schedule 4, paragraphs 3 and 37; the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c.15) (“the 2001 Act”), section 67(1) and Schedule 5, paragraph 5; the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c.15) (“the 2002 Act”), sections 6(3)(c) and 37(1) and Schedule 8, paragraphs 1 and 10; and the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c.43) (“the 2003 Act”), sections 184 and 196 and Schedule 4, paragraphs 3 and 37. Paragraph 2A of Schedule 12 was inserted by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c.48), section 1(6) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 and amended by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c.49), section 13 and amended by section 42(2) of the Health Act 2006 (c.28) (“the 2006 Act”). Paragraph 2B of Schedule 12 was inserted by section 42(3) of the 2006 Act.