6.—(1) This regulation applies where, before 1 April 2017, a cost is incurred by a person in respect of a sight test by an ophthalmic medical practitioner or an optician, without a voucher being completed, and—
(a)immediately before that date, a person would have been entitled to have a sight test under general ophthalmic services by virtue of paragraph 2(q) of regulation 13 of the 1986 Regulations (sight tests – eligibility); and
(b)but for the application of paragraph (2), that person’s entitlement would cease by virtue of the amendments made to regulation 13 by regulation 3 of these Regulations.
(2) Where this regulation applies, regulation 6 of the 1997 Regulations (payments to patients in respect of sight tests) has effect in relation to that person’s eligibility for a payment as if—
(a)the amendments made by regulation 3 of these Regulations had not come into force; and
(b)that person was an “eligible person” for the purposes of regulation 6(1) of the 1997 Regulations.