Use of these Regulations
5.—(1) Where a person’s entitlement to payment of National Health Service travelling expenses or the full remission of a National Health Service charge under regulation 4 of the 1988 Regulations is determined on or after the 6th April 2004, it must be determined in accordance with the amendment made by regulation 2 of these Regulations irrespective of when the charge is made or the National Health Service travelling expenses are incurred.
(2) Where a person’s entitlement to a payment for or towards the cost of an optical appliance under regulation 8 of the 1997 Regulations, or a person’s eligibility for a sight test under regulation 13 of the 1986 Regulations is determined on or after the 6th April 2004, such entitlement or eligibility must be determined in accordance with the amendments made by regulations 3 or 4 of these Regulations.