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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Health and Personal Social Services (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 1st February 2002.
(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997.
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In regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations (interpretation) in the definition of “health service sight test fee”—
(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for “£42·85” there shall be substituted “£44·39”; and
(b) in sub-paragraph (b) for “£15·52” there shall be substituted “£16·08”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 10th January 2002.
D. J. Thompson
Senior Officer of the
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Regulations.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 10th January 2002.
Rodney Scott
Senior Officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel
