Optical Charges and Payments and General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Amendment of the 1997 Regulations

2.—(1) In regulation 1 of the 1997 Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation) in paragraph (2)—

(a)after the definition of “the Agency” there shall be inserted—

““amount withdrawn” means working families' tax credit, or as the case may be, the amount by which the appropriate maximum disabled person’s tax credit, determined in accordance with section 127(5) or 128(8) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), as the case may be, is reduced by virtue of the claimant’s income exceeding the applicable amount;”;

(b)for the definition of “disability working allowance” there shall be substituted—

““disabled person’s tax credit” means disabled person’s tax credit under section 128 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;”;

(c)the definition of “family credit” shall be omitted;

(d)after the definition of “supply” there shall be inserted—

““working families' tax credit” means working families' tax credit under section 127 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;”.

(2) In regulation 8 of the 1997 Regulations (eligibility – supply of optical appliances)—

(a)for paragraph (3)(c) there shall be substituted—

“(c)he is in receipt of working families' tax credit with an amount withdrawn of £70.00 or less;”;

(b)for paragraph (3)(d) there shall be substituted—

“(d)a member of the same family as a person described in sub-paragraph (c);”;

(c)for paragraph (3)(g) there shall be substituted—

“(g)he is in receipt of disabled person’s tax credit with an amount withdrawn of £70.00 or less;”;

(d)in paragraph (4)(b) for “family credit” there shall be substituted “working families' tax credit”;

(e)in paragraph (4)(c) for “disability working allowance” there shall be substituted “disabled person’s tax credit”.