1996 No. 2574
The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1996
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(4) of, and paragraph 2A of Schedule 12 to, the National Health Service Act 19771 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st November 1996.
Amendment of regulation 1 of the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 19892
In regulation 1(2) of the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 19892 (interpretation), in the definition of “NHS sight test fee”—
a
in paragraph (a), for “£36.65” there is substituted “£37.83”; and
b
in paragraph (b), for “£13.41” there is substituted “£13.71”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
(This note is not part of the Regulations)