SCHEDULE 1Minor and consequential amendments

PART 3Consequential amendments to subordinate legislation

The Sight Testing (Examination and Prescription) (No. 2) Regulations 198922

In the Sight Testing (Examination and Prescription) (No. 2) Regulations 198920—

a

in regulation 2(1) (interpretation), for the definition of “optician” substitute—

  • “optometrist” means a registered optometrist;

b

for the word “optician”, wherever it occurs, substitute “optometrist”;

c

in regulation 3(1)(b) (examination) at the end add—

and

iii

if he is referring the patient to a doctor, setting out the reason for the referral.

d

in regulation 4 (exceptions to the duty to issue a prescription statement), for the word “opticians” substitute “optometrists”; and

e

in regulation 5(1) (particulars to be included in a prescription or statement), in sub-paragraph (a) at the end add “and such other particulars as may be necessary to enable each lens to be replicated.”.