The National Health Service (Ophthalmic Services) (Wales) Regulations 2023

The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997

3.—(1) The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation)—

(a) for the definition of “ophthalmic list” substitute—

““ophthalmic list” means the list defined in regulation 10(2)(a) of the Ophthalmic Services Regulations, prepared and published by a Local Health Board in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 4 of those Regulations;”;

(b) for the definition of “Ophthalmic Services Regulations” substitute—

““Ophthalmic Services Regulations” means the National Health Service (Ophthalmic Services) (Wales) Regulations 2023;”;

(c) for the definition of “supplementary list” substitute—

““supplementary list” means the list defined in regulation 10(2)(b) of the Ophthalmic Services Regulations, prepared and published by a Local Health Board in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 4 of those Regulations;”.

(3) In regulation 9(1) (issue of vouchers by ophthalmic medical practitioners or opticians), in the words after paragraph (b) omit “paragraph 10(1) of Schedule 1 of”.

(1)

S.I. 1997/818.