Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 1185
National Health Service, England
The General Ophthalmic Services Contracts Regulations 2008
Made
28th April 2008
Laid before Parliament
6th May 2008
Coming into force
1st August 2008
1977 c.49 (“the 1977 Act”); see section 128(1) as amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 26(2)(g) and (i), for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Sections 28WB, 28WC and 28WF were inserted by the Health Act 2006 (c.28) (“the 2006 Act”), section 38. Section 126(4) was amended by the 1990 Act, s. 65(2); by the Health Act 1999 (c.8), Schedule 4, paragraph 37(6), by the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c.15) (“the 2001 Act”), Schedule 5, paragraph 5(13)(b) and by the 2006 Act, section 80 and Schedule 8, paragraph 23. As regards Wales, the functions of the Secretary of State under sections 29 and 126(4) of the 1977 Act are transferred to Welsh Ministers under section 58 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32); these Regulations therefore extend only to England.