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Statutory Instruments
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, WALES
Made
27 March 2007
Coming into force
29 March 2007
The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 71, 128, 129, 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 2007 which come into force on 29 March 2007.
(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 “£50.77” substitute “£52.04”; and
(b) for “£18.39” substitute “£18.85”.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(3)
D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
27 March 2007
(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%