Made
17 February 2009
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
18 February 2009
Coming into force
11 March 2009
The Welsh Ministers make the following regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 71, 128, 129 and 203(9) and (10) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006(1).
1.–(1) The title of these Regulations is the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2009 which come into force on 11 March 2009.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.
2. In the definition of "NHS sight test fee" in regulation 1(2) of the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997(2) –
(a) for "£53.34" substitute "£54.67"; and
(b) for "£19.32" substitute "£19.80".
Edwina Hart
Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997 so as to make reference to an increase in the NHS sight test fees of 2.5%.