National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002

Prospective

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 1883 (W.192)

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, WALES

National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002

Made

18th July 2002

Coming into force

26th August 2002

The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by sections 38, 39, 43ZA, 49F, 49I, 49L, 49M, 49N, 49O, 49P, 49Q, 49R and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and section 65 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001(2), and all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1977 c. 49; see section 128(1) as amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 26(2)(g) and (i), for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 38 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) (“the Health Services Act”), section 1 and Schedule 1, paragraph 51; by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48) (“the Health and Social Security Act”), section 1(3); by S.I. 1985/39, article 7(11); by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49) (“the Health and Medicines Act”), section 13(1); and by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the Health Authorities Act”), Schedule 1, paragraph 27. Section 39 was extended by the Health and Medicines Act, section 17; and amended by the Health Services Act, section 1 and Schedule 1, paragraph 52; by the Health and Social Security Act, section 1(4), Schedule 1, Part I, paragraph 1 and Schedule 8, Part I; by S.I. 1985/39, article 7(12); by the Health Authorities Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 28; by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8), section 9(4) and the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15), (“the 2001 Act”) section 20(5) and 23(4). As regards Wales, the functions of the Secretary of State under sections 38, 39 and 126(4) of the 1977 Act are transferred to the National Assembly for Wales under article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672; section 68 of the 2001 Act provides that Schedule 1 shall be construed so as to include the amendments made by that Act to the 1977 Act, which are sections 43ZA and 49F to 49R; those Regulations therefore extend only to Wales.

(2)

2001 c. 15.