Statutory Instruments
2014 No. 2854
Social Care, England
The Care and Support (Sight-impaired and Severely Sight-impaired Adults) Regulations 2014
Made
22nd October 2014
Laid before Parliament
30th October 2014
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 77(2) of the Care Act 2014( 1 ).
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Care and Support (Sight-impaired and Severely Sight-impaired Adults) Regulations 2014 and come into force immediately after section 77(1) of the Care Act 2014 comes fully into force.
(2) In these Regulations “consultant ophthalmologist” means a consultant or honorary consultant appointed in the medical speciality of ophthalmology, who is employed for the purposes of providing any service as part of the health service( 2 ).
Persons to be treated as sight-impaired or severely sight-impaired
2. —(1) For the purposes of section 77 of the Care Act 2014, a person is to be treated as being sight-impaired if the person is certified as such by a consultant ophthalmologist.
(2) For the purposes of that section, a person is to be treated as being severely sight-impaired if the person is certified as such by a consultant ophthalmologist.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Norman Lamb
Minister of State
Department of Health
22nd October 2014
2014 c. 23 . The power to make regulations is exercisable by the Secretary of State - see section 125(1).
This is defined in section 126 of the Care Act 2014.