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These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2008 and come into force on 27th October 2008.
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(1) The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) after the definition of “income-based jobseeker’s allowance” insert–“
 “income-related employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance, entitlement to which is based on section 1(2)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;”.
(3) In regulation 8 (eligibility – supply of optical appliances)–
(a) after paragraph (3)(n) insert–“
(o) he is in receipt of income-related employment and support allowance; or
(p) he is a member of the same family as a person described in sub-paragraph (o) of this paragraph.”; and
(b) after paragraph (4)(c) insert–“
(d) in sub-paragraph (p), “family” has the meaning given to it by regulation 2 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008.”.
NICOLA STURGEON
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
27th August 2008