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Age-Related Macular Degeneration Bill


 

Age-Related Macular Degeneration Bill

 

 
 

Contents

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Duty to provide treatment for age-related macular degeneration

2   

Provision of services

3   

Interpretation

4   

Expenses

5   

Short title, commencement and extent

 

Bill 45                                                                                                 

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Age-Related Macular Degeneration Bill

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A

Bill

To

Make provision for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration; and for

connected purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and

consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present

Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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Duty to provide treatment for age-related macular degeneration

(1)   

It shall be the duty of the appropriate authority to provide treatment for every

patient suffering from age-related macular degeneration, to such extent as is

necessary to meet all reasonable requirements.

(2)   

The treatment so provided shall be free of charge.

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2       

Provision of services

The appropriate authority shall—

(a)   

provide such services as the authority considers appropriate for the

purpose of discharging the duty in section 1 of this Act; and

(b)   

take any other reasonable steps that are intended to facilitate, or are

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conducive or incidental to, the discharge of that duty.

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Interpretation

In this Act—

“appropriate authority” means—

(a)   

in relation to England, the Secretary of State, and

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(b)   

in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

“patient” means a person who is entitled to treatment under the National

Health Service;

“treatment” means any part of a programme of treatment supervised by a

qualified medical practitioner or optician.

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Bill 4554/2
 
 

Age-Related Macular Degeneration Bill

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Expenses

There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament

(a)   

any sums to be paid by the Secretary of State for or in connection with the

carrying out of his functions under this Act; and

(b)   

any increase attributable to this Act in the sums which are payable out of

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money so provided under any other Act.

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Short title, commencement and extent

(1)   

This Act may be cited as the Age-Related Macular Degeneration Act 2007.

(2)   

This Act extends to England and Wales only.

(3)   

This Act shall come into force on the day on which it is passed.

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