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1Citation, commencement and interpretation#
(1)These Regulations may be cited as the General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 7th October 1996.
(2)In these Regulations, the “principal Regulations” means the General Ophthalmic Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986.
2Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations#
In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations (interpretation), after the definition of “general ophthalmic services” there shall be inserted—“• “an income-based jobseeker’s allowance” has the meaning given to it by Article 3(4) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;”
3Amendment of regulation 15 of the principal Regulations#
(1)Regulation 15 of the principal Regulations (sight tests-eligibility) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In paragraph (2)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (g) the words from “and his” to the end shall be omitted; and
(b)after sub-paragraph (h), there shall be added—“i he is in receipt of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance; orj he is a member of the same family as a person described in sub-paragraph (i).”
(3)In paragraph (3), after sub-paragraph (c) there shall be added—“and it has the meaning given to it by Article 2(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 in the case of paragraph (2)(j).”
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