The Contact Lens (Specification) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2005

Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 1481

OPTICIANS

DOCTORS

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

The Contact Lens (Specification) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2005

Made

6th June 2005

Laid before Parliament

7th June 2005

Coming into force

30th June 2005

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 38, 39, 43D and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1), sections 25(7)(b) and 26 of the Opticians Act 1989(2) and all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1977 c. 49 (“the 1977 Act”); see section 128(1), as amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 26(2)(g) and (i), for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 38 was amended by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48) (“the 1984 Act”), s. 1(3); the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), s. 13; S.I. 1985/39, art. 7(11); the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”), Schedule, paragraphs 1 and 27 and by the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17) (“the 2002 Act”), Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 and 11. Section 39 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), ss 1, 2 and Schedule 1, paragraph 52; the 1984 Act, s. 1, Schedule 1, paragraph 1, and Schedule 8, Part I; the 1995 Act, s. 2 and Schedule 1, paragraph 28; the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46), Schedule 2, paragraphs 70 and 75; the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”), s. 9(4); by the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15) (“the 2001 Act”), ss 20 and 23 and by the 2002 Act, Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 and 12. Section 43D was inserted by the 2001 Act, s. 24 and amended by the 2002 Act, s. 2(5) and Schedule 2, paragraph 20. Section 126(4) was amended by the 1990 Act, s. 65(2); by the 1999 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 37(6) and by the 2001 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 5(13)(b). As regards Wales, the functions of the Secretary of State under ss 29 and 126(4) of the 1977 Act are transferred to the National Assembly for Wales under article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672; section 68 of the 2001 Act provides that Schedule 1 shall be construed so as to include the amendments made by that Act to the 1977 Act; regulations 3 and 4 of these Regulations therefore extend only to England.

(2)

1989 c. 44; section 25(7)(b) was added by and section 26 was amended by S.I. 2005/848.