Amendment of regulation 8 of the principal Regulations5

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he is in receipt of working families' tax credit with an amount withdrawn of £70 or less;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he is a member of the same family as a person who is in receipt of working families' tax credit with an amount withdrawn of £70 or less;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he is in receipt of disabled person’s tax credit with an amount withdrawn of £70 or less;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.