2 Amendment of regulation 2 of the Charges Regulations
In regulation 2 of the Charges Regulations (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—
(a) after the definition of “Nursing and Midwifery Register” insert—

““optometrist independent prescriber” means a person—
(a) who is registered in the register of optometrists maintained by the General Optical Council in pursuance of section 7 of the Opticians Act 1989; and
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(b) against whose name in that register is recorded an annotation that the person is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as an optometrist independent prescriber;”

; and
(b) in the definition of “prescriber”, after “pharmacist independent prescriber,” insert “optometrist independent prescriber,”.