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2014 No. 2854 Social Care, England The Care and Support (Sight-impaired and Severely Sight-impaired Adults) Regulations 2014 Made 22nd October 2014 Laid before Parliament 30th October 2014 Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1) The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 77(2) of the Care Act 2014.
Propose a change(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Care and Support (Sight-impaired and Severely Sight-impaired Adults) Regulations 2014 and come into force immediately after section 77(1) of the Care Act 2014 comes fully into force. (2) In these Regulations “consultant ophthalmologist” means a consultant or honorary consultant appointed in the medical speciality of ophthalmology, who is employed for the purposes of providing any service as part of the health service.
Propose a change(1) For the purposes of section 77 of the Care Act 2014, a person is to be treated as being sight-impaired if the person is certified as such by a consultant ophthalmologist. (2) For the purposes of that section, a person is to be treated as being severely sight-impaired if the person is certified as such by a consultant ophthalmologist.
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