1Citation, commencement and interpretation#
(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Optical Charges and Payments (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 27th October 2008.
(2)In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997.
2Amendments to the principal Regulations#
(1)The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.
(2)In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation), insert, after the definition of “an income–based jobseeker’s allowance” the following definition—“• “income–related employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance, entitlement to which is based on section 1(2)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (income related employment and support allowance) .”
(3)In regulation 8(3) (eligibility – supply of optical appliances), delete “or” at the end of sub–paragraph (k) (ii) and, after sub–paragraph (m), add—“n he is in receipt of income–related employment and support allowance; oro he is a member of the same family as a person in receipt of income–related employment and support allowance.”
(4)In regulation 8 (4) (eligibility – supply of optical appliances), delete “and” at the end of sub–paragraph (b) and after sub–paragraph (d) add—“e and in sub–paragraph (p) “family” has the meaning given to it by regulation 2 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 .”
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