Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2003 No. 176
HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES
Optical Charges and Payments and General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
Made
14th March 2003
Coming into operation –
Except for regulations 2 to 4, 8 to 10
1st April 2003
Regulations 2 to 4, 8 to 10
6th April 2003
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety(1) in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 62, 98, 106 and 107(6) of, and Schedule 15 to, the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(2) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel, and after consultation with such organisations as appeared to the Department to be representative of medical practitioners practising as ophthalmic medical practitioners, and ophthalmic opticians, as required by Article 62(3) of the said Order, hereby makes the following Regulations:
See S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(6)
S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14) as amended by Article 3(2) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to, the Health and Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/1158 (N.I. 8)); paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 8 of the Health and Medicines (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/2249 (N.I. 24)); Article 34 of, and Part II of Schedule 5 to, the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1)) there are other amendments which are not relevant