Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014
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Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act | ||
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5. Section 3(1) of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following definitions: | ||
“‘Act of 1956’ means the Opticians Act 1956 ; | ||
‘afocal goggles’ or ‘afocal sunglasses’ means goggles or sunglasses containing lenses with no optical power; | ||
‘contact lenses’ includes any device, designed to be worn in contact with the ocular surface, for the correction of vision, for the provision of a decorative or cosmetic effect, for a therapeutic purpose, or for any other reason, and regardless of the optical properties or the absence of optical properties of the device; | ||
‘new name’, in relation to a registration board referred to in section 26(1), means the most recent name (if any) that the board has been given pursuant to regulations under section 4; | ||
‘ready-made reading spectacles’ means spectacles that have 2 single vision lenses each of which has the same positive spherical power not exceeding 4 dioptres and the purpose of which is to relieve the condition known as presbyopia; | ||
‘relevant day’ means the day on which section 2 of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 is commenced; | ||
‘relevant medical disability’, in relation to a person seeking registration as a member of a designated profession, or who is a registrant of that profession, means a physical or mental disability of the person (including addiction to alcohol or drugs) which may impair his or her ability to practise that profession or a particular aspect thereof; | ||
‘spectacles’ includes— | ||
(a) contact lenses, | ||
(b) pince-nez, and | ||
(c) monocles, | ||
but does not include— | ||
(i) afocal goggles or similar articles, | ||
(ii) afocal sunglasses or similar articles, or | ||
(iii) ready-made reading spectacles;”. |