The Opticians Act 1989 (Amendment) Order 2005

6.  In section 31 (miscellaneous matters with respect to which rules may be made)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) omit paragraph (a),

(ii) for paragraph (b), substitute—

“(b) the carrying on of a practice or business by registered optometrists, registered dispensing opticians and business registrants under names other than those under which they are registered;”,

(iii) for paragraph (c), substitute—

“(c) the prescription, sale, supply and administration of drugs by registered optometrists, registered dispensing opticians or business registrants, their employees and persons providing services to them in the course of their practice or business of an optometrist or a dispensing optician;”,

(iv) in paragraph (d), for the words “registered opticians, enrolled bodies corporate” substitute “registered optometrists, registered dispensing opticians, business registrants”, and

(v) for paragraph (e) substitute—

“(e) the prescription, sale, supply and fitting of contact lenses by registered optometrists, registered dispensing opticians, business registrants, their employees and persons providing services to them.”;

(b) omit subsection (2);

(c) for subsection (3) substitute—

“(3) The Council may make rules specifying requirements which registered optometrists, registered dispensing opticians and business registrants or employees of or persons providing services to them must meet if they are to prescribe, fit, supply or sell contact lenses.”;

(d) for subsection (4)(a) substitute—

“(a) in relation to registered optometrists, registered dispensing opticians and business registrants or employees of or persons providing services to them, to specify qualifications which they must have; and”;

(e) in subsection (4)(b), for the words “enrolled bodies corporate” substitute “business registrants”;

(f) in subsection (5), for the words “registered optician” and the word “optician” substitute “registered optometrist or registered dispensing optician”; and

(g) omit subsection (6).