The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2014

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2014 No. 2015 (W. 202)

National Health Service, Wales

The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2014

Made

28 July 2014

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

29 July 2014

Coming into force

19 August 2014

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 71, 76(9), 128, 129, and 203(9) and (10) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006(1).

Title, commencement, application and interpretation

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2014.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 19 August 2014 but the amendments set out in regulation 2 have effect from 1 April 2014.

(3) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

(4) In these Regulations—

“the Optical Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Optegol”) means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997(2).

Amendment of regulation 1 of the Optical Regulations

2.  In regulation 1(2) of the Optical Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation), in the definition of “NHS sight test fee”—

(a) for “£57.72”, substitute “£58.29”; and

(b) for “£20.90”, substitute “£21.10”.

Mark Drakeford

Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers

28 July 2014

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997 (“the Optical Regulations”).

Regulation 2 amends regulation 1 of the Optical Regulations so as to make reference to a 1% increase in the NHS sight test fees.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.

(1)

2006 c.42.

(2)

S.I. 1997/818 as amended.