Opticians (Amendment) Act 2003

Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act.

2.—Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting the following definitions:

“ ‘afocal goggles’ or ‘afocal sunglasses’ means goggles or sunglasses containing lenses with no optical power;

‘Member State’ means a state which is a member of the European Union;

‘ready-made reading spectacles’ means spectacles that have two single vision lenses each of which has the same positive spherical power not exceeding four dioptres and the purpose of which is to relieve the condition known as presbyopia;”,

and

(b) by substituting the following for the definition of “spectacles”:

“ ‘spectacles’ includes—

(a) contact lenses whether afocal or focal 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.”.