Welsh Statutory Instruments
National Health Service, Wales
Made
1 March 2014
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
4 March 2014
Coming into force
1 April 2014
The Welsh Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 71, 128, 129, 130, 131, and 203(9) and (10) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006(1) hereby make the following Regulations:
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the National Health Service (Welfare Reform Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2014 and they come into force on 1 April 2014.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.
2. In these Regulations—
“the 1986 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 1986”) means the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Regulations 1986(2);
“the 1997 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 1997”) means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997(3); and
“the 2007 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2007”) means the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2007(4).
3. In regulation 13(2)(q) of the 1986 Regulations for “29 April 2013” substitute “1 April 2014” and for “31 March 2014” substitute “31 March 2015”.
4. In regulation 8(3)(q) of the 1997 Regulations for “29 April 2013” substitute “1 April 2014” and for “31 March 2014” substitute “31 March 2015”.
5. In regulation 5(1)(aa) of the 2007 Regulations for “29 April 2013” substitute “1 April 2014” and for “31 March 2014” substitute “31 March 2015”.
Mark Drakeford
Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers
1 March 2014
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Regulations 1986 (1986/975) (“the 1986 Regulations”), the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997 (1997/818) (“the 1997 Regulations”) and the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (2007/1104 (W.116)) (“the 2007 Regulations”).
Regulation 3 amends the 1986 Regulations consequential upon the introduction of universal credit by the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (2012 c.5) (“the 2012 Act”).
Regulation 4 amends the 1997 Regulations consequential upon the introduction of universal credit by the 2012 Act.
Regulation 5 amends the 2007 Regulations consequential upon the introduction of universal credit by the 2012 Act.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.