COMMENTED by
General Ophthalmic Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (Note)

General Ophthalmic Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND

2007 No. 436

HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES

General Ophthalmic Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Made 15th October 2007

Coming into operation 9th November 2007

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

1. - Citation and commencement

2. - Interpretation

3. - Constitution of Ophthalmic Committee

4. - Delegation of duties

5. - Qualifications of ophthalmic medical practitioners

6. - Approval of qualifications of ophthalmic medical practitioners

7. - Appeals against decisions of Ophthalmic Qualifications Committee

8. - Ophthalmic list

9. - Application for inclusion in ophthalmic list

10. - Withdrawal from ophthalmic list

11. - Removal from ophthalmic list

12. - The Statement

13. - Terms of Service

14. - Payment for services

15. - Payments to an ophthalmic medical practitioner or optician suspended by direction of the Tribunal

16. - Sight Tests - eligibility

17. - Sight tests - applications

18. - Sight test treated as a test under general ophthalmic services

19. - School children

20. - Cases of disability

21. - Publication of particulars

22. - Service of documents

23. - Revocations and transitional provisions

SCHEDULE 1- - TERMS OF SERVICE

SCHEDULE 2- - CONSTITUTION OF OPHTHALMIC COMMITTEE

SCHEDULE 3- - REGULATIONS REVOKED

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety[1] makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 26(2), 62, 95, 106 and 107(6) of, and paragraph 7(5) of Schedule 3 and paragraph 13 of Schedule 11 to, the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972[2] and in conjunction with the Department of Finance and Personnel[3].

In accordance with Article 62(3) of that Order it has consulted with such organisations as appeared to the Department to be representative of medical practitioners practising as ophthalmic medical practitioners, and ophthalmic opticians.

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the General Ophthalmic Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 9th November 2007.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations -

"the Charges Regulations" means the Charges for Drugs and Appliances Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997[4];

"the Order" means the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972;

"the Remission Regulations" means the Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004[5];

"authority" has the meaning given to it by the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995[6];

"Board" means a Health and Social Services Board;

"capital limit" means the amount prescribed for the purposes of section 130(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992[7] as it applies to income support;

"child ...

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