Opticians (Amendment) Act 2003

Amendment of section 23 of Principal Act.

3.—Section 23 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting the following after subsection (1):

“(1A) On and after the commencement of this subsection, the Register of Ophthalmic Opticians is to be known as the Register of Optometrists.”,

and

(b) by substituting the following for subsection (5):

“(5) Any person who immediately before the commencement of subsection (1A) of this section was registered in the Register of Ophthalmic Opticians is immediately after the commencement of that subsection considered to be registered in the Register of Optometrists.”.