The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2008
These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997 (“the Optical Regulations”) which provide for payments to be made by means of a voucher system in respect of costs incurred by certain categories of persons in connection with the supply, replacement and repair of optical appliances. They are made under section 126(4) of, and paragraphs 2A and 2B of Schedule 12 to, the National Health Service Act 1977, which is in force in relation to ophthalmic matters until the coming into force of the relevant provisions of the Health Act 2006 (see section 277(3) and (4) of the National Health Service Act 2006), which will be on 1st August 2008.