The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1999

Amendment of regulation 8 of the principal Regulations

5.  In regulation 8 (eligibility – supply of optical appliances)–

(a) in paragraph (1)(b) the words “and within the Health Board area in which the person whose sight was tested normally resides” are omitted;

(b) for paragraph (3)(c) there is substituted–

“(c) he is in receipt of working families' tax credit with an amount withdrawn of £70 or less;”;

(c) for paragraph (3)(d) there is substituted–

“(d) he is a member of the same family as a person who is in receipt of working families' tax credit with an amount withdrawn of £70 or less;”;

(d) for paragraph (3)(g) there is substituted–

“(g) he is in receipt of disabled person’s tax credit with an amount withdrawn of £70 or less;”;

(e) in paragraph (4)(b) for the words “family credit” there is substituted “working families' tax credit;”;

(f) in paragraph (4)(c) for the words “disability working allowance” there is substituted “disabled person’s tax credit;”;

(g) in paragraph (5)–

(i) for the words “a Health Board or” there is substituted “an”;

(ii) “Health Board or” is omitted.