Amendment of regulation 12 of the principal Regulations4.
In regulation 12 of the principal Regulations (use of vouchers for the supply of optical appliances)5–
(a)
in paragraph (1) for “and (5)” there is substituted “, (5) and (6)”
(b)
after paragraph (5) there is inserted–
“(6)
When the patient presents the voucher–
(a)
the supplier shall ask him to produce satisfactory evidence that he is an eligible person, unless the supplier, in cases other than where the patient is an eligible person by virtue of regulation 8(2)(c) or (d) already has satisfactory evidence of entitlement available to him;
(b)
if the patient has been asked for but, not produced satisfactory evidence of entitlement, the supplier shall record the fact on the voucher.”.