The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996
These Regulations further amend the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/965) to make provision relating to ophthalmic medical practitioners and ophthalmic opticians (“contractors”) who have been suspended from the provision of general ophthalmic services by the NHS Tribunal or whom the Tribunal has declared not fit to be engaged in any capacity in the provision of those services. The Regulations also provide for payments to suspended contractors.