
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Amendment Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st June 1990.
2 

(1) Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Regulations 1986 (terms of service) is amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) For paragraph 3 (arrangements for the provision of services) there is substituted:—“
3 

(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a contractor shall provide general ophthalmic services only at an address which is included in relation to him in the ophthalmic list.
(2) Where requested to do so by or on behalf of a patient, a contractor may agree to provide general ophthalmic services at the place at which the patient normally resides.”.
(3) In paragraph 5 (notices) after the word “services” where it first occurs there are inserted the words “in accordance with paragraph 3(1)”.
(4) In paragraph 9(5) (payments) the words from “; or” to “request” are omitted.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Virginia Bottomley
Minister of State,
Department of Health
10th May 1990