Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.
(2) These Regulations come into force–
(a)on 1st April 2001 for all purposes except regulations 2 to 7,
(b)on 10th April 2001 for the purposes of regulation 4, and
(c)on 1st May 2001 for the purposes of regulations 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
(3) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998(1).
(1)
S.I. 1998/642, amended by S.I. 1999/748 and S.S.I. 1999/64, 2000/45, and 395.