Amendment of the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 19982.

(1)

The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 19982 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) after the definition of “income-based jobseeker’s allowance” insert–
““income-related employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance, entitlement to which is based on section 1(2)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act 20073;”.

(3)

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

(a)

after paragraph (3)(n) insert–

“(o)

he is in receipt of income-related employment and support allowance; or

(p)

he is a member of the same family as a person described in sub-paragraph (o) of this paragraph.”; and

(b)

after paragraph (4)(c) insert–

“(d)

in sub-paragraph (p), “family” has the meaning given to it by regulation 2 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 20084.”.