71 Arrangements for general ophthalmic services
National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (2006 c 42) | Legislation

Part 6 Ophthalmic Services

General ophthalmic services

71  Arrangements for general ophthalmic services

(1)     Each Local Health Board must, in accordance with regulations, arrange as respects its area—

(a)     with medical practitioners having the prescribed qualifications, and

(b)     with optometrists,

for securing sight tests by them of the persons mentioned in subsection (2).

(2)     The persons are—

(a)     a child,

(b)     a person whose resources fall to be treated under the regulations as being less than or equal to his requirements, or

(c)     a person of such other description as may be prescribed.

(3)     In subsection (2)—

“child” means—

(a)     a person who is under the age of 16 years, or

(b)     a person who is under the age of 19 years and receiving qualifying full-time education, and

“qualifying full-time education” means full-time instruction at a recognised educational establishment or by other means accepted as comparable by

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