13. In regulation 41 (grounds for removal from the ophthalmic performers list)—
(a)in paragraph (1)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (b), after “suspended” insert “under section 13F(3)(b), (7) or (13)(b) of the Opticians Act 1989”;
(ii)for the full-out words “This is subject to paragraph (2)” substitute “This is subject to paragraph (1A)”;
(b)after paragraph (1), insert—
“(1A) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply where a direction that an ophthalmic practitioner’s registration in the register be suspended is made in a health case.”.