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1.—(1) Any provisions of the following affecting the rights and obligations of contractors form part of the terms of service—
(a)these Regulations;
(b)the Statement;
(c)the fee directions;
(d)so much of Part 2 of the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1992(1) as relates to—
(i)the investigation of questions arising between contractors and their patients, other investigations to be made by the ophthalmic discipline committee (“the Committee”), and the action which may be taken by the Committee as a result of such investigations, including the withholding of remuneration from a contractor where there has been a breach of the terms of service;
(ii)appeals to the Welsh Ministers against decisions of the Committee;
(iii)the investigation of excessive issuing of optical vouchers following the testing of sight;
(e)regulation 9 of the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997(2) (issue of vouchers by ophthalmic medical practitioners or opticians).
(2) The contractor must secure that any person the contractor employs to assist in the provision of primary ophthalmic service complies with the provisions listed at paragraph (1)(a) to (e) in so far as they apply to such persons.
(3) In this paragraph, “fee directions” has the meaning given in regulation 32.
S.I. 1992/664; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/703, S.I. 2002/2469 and S.I. 2013/2042.
S.I. 1997/818, amended by S.I. 2003/301.
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