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Statutory Instruments

1990 No. 1051

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Amendment Regulations 1990

Made

10th May 1990

Laid before Parliament

11th May 1990

Coming into force

1st June 1990

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 38(1) and 39 of the National Health Service Act 1977(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencementI1

1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Amendment Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st June 1990.

Amendment of terms of serviceI2

2.—(1) Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Regulations 1986(2) (terms of service) is amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) For paragraph 3 (arrangements for the provision of services) there is substituted:—

Premises at which general ophthalmic services are to be provided

3.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a contractor shall provide general ophthalmic services only at an address which is included in relation to him in the ophthalmic list.

(2) Where requested to do so by or on behalf of a patient, a contractor may agree to provide general ophthalmic services at the place at which the patient normally resides.”.

(3) In paragraph 5 (notices) after the word “services” where it first occurs there are inserted the words “in accordance with paragraph 3(1)”.

(4) In paragraph 9(5) (payments) the words from “; or” to “request” are omitted.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Virginia Bottomley

Minister of State,

Department of Health

10th May 1990

(1)

1977 c. 49; see section 128(1) for the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 38(1) was amended by S.I. 1985/39, article 7(11), by section 1(3) of the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48) (“the 1984 Act”) and by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 13(1). Section 39 was amended by S.I. 1985/39, article 7(12), by paragraph 52 of Schedule 1 to the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) and by section 1(4) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the 1984 Act.

(2)

S.I. 1986/975, amended by S.I. 1988/486, 1989/395 and 1175.

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The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Amendment Regulations 1990 (1990/1051)
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