129 Payments in respect of optical appliances
National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (2006 c 42) | Legislation

129  Payments in respect of optical appliances

(1)     The Welsh Ministers must provide by regulations for payments to be made by them or a relevant body to meet, or to contribute towards, the cost incurred (whether by way of charge under this Act or otherwise) for the supply of optical appliances for which—

(a)     a prescription has been given for a person mentioned in subsection (2) in consequence of a sight test under this Act, or

(b)     a prescription has been given for a person mentioned in subsection (2) in consequence of a sight test otherwise than under this Act which took place in prescribed circumstances.

(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,

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

(3)     The Welsh Ministers may by regulations—

(a)     provide for themselves or such relevant body as may be prescribed to contribute to the cost of a sight test which they or the prescribed body accepts as having been incurred by a person whose resources

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