Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014

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Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act

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;”.