The Welfare Reform (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 No. 137

PART 3 Amendment of secondary legislation

National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998

12.—(1) The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation), after the definition of “tax credit” insert—

““universal credit” means universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act  2012;”.

(3) In regulation 8(3) (eligibility – supply of optical appliances)—

(a) omit “or” immediately after sub-paragraph (o); and

(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (p), insert—

“; or

(q) he is in receipt of universal credit.”.

(1)

S.I. 1998/642; relevant amending instruments are S.S.I. 2003/218 and 431, 2004/97 and 168, 2005/119, 2006/138, 2008/289 and 2011/55.