Table 1

Definition for blind registration in Scotland

Legal definition of blindness—Scotland
“So blind as to be unable to perform any work for which eyesight is essential”
Which is recommended to be
—Below 3/60 best corrected visual acuity in the better eye
—3/60 but below 6/60 best corrected visual acuity and considerably contracted visual field
— 6/60 or more best corrected visual acuity and markedly contracted visual field “in the greater part of its extent and particularly if the contraction is in the lower part of the field”