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Opticians Act 1989

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to opticians with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.
Citation	1989 c. 44
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	16 November 1989
Commencement	16 February 1990
Other legislation
Amended by	Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 Value Added Tax Act 1994 Health Authorities Act 1995 National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 Civil Partnership Act 2004 Constitutional Reform Act 2005 Opticians Act 1989 (Amendment) Order 2005 General Optical Council (Registration Appeals Rules) Order of Council 2005 Health Act 2006 National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 Health and Social Care Act 2012 Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 Health Care and Associated Professions (Indemnity Arrangements) Order 2014 Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Act 2015 Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 Data Protection Act 2018 Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2022 Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023 Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) (Extension to Switzerland etc.) Regulations 2024
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Opticians Act 1989 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Opticians Act 1989 (c. 44) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to opticians in the United Kingdom.

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 37(4) of the act repealed 9 enactments, listed in schedule 2 to the act.

Enactments repealed by section 37(4)

Citation	Short title	Extent of repeal
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 32	Opticians Act 1958	The whole act.
1975 c. 21	Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975	In Schedule 7A, paragraphs 11 to 13.
1977 c. 45	Criminal Law Act 1977	In Schedule 1, paragraphs 14 to 16.
1977 c. 49	National Health Service Act 1977	In Schedule 15, paragraphs 19 and 20.
1978 c. 29	National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978	In Schedule 16, paragraph 11.
1981 c. 54	Supreme Court Act 1981	In Schedule 5, the entry relating to the Opticians Act 1958.
1984 c. 48	Health and Social Security Act 1984	Section 1(1) and (2).
		Sections 2 to 4.
		In section 26(6), the words "section 1(1) and (2);" and the words "sections 2 to 4 and Schedule 2;".
		Schedule 2.
1985 c. 9	Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985	In Schedule 2, the entry relating to the Opticians Act 1958.
1988 c. 49	Health and Medicines Act 1988	Section 13(6) and (7).
		Section 14.
		In section 26(2), the words "section 14".
		In section 27(3), the words "13(6) and (7), 14".

External links

• Text of the Opticians Act 1989 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
• Text of the Opticians Act 1989 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.