Regulation 3 Amendment of regulation 15 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 15(3) of the principal Regulations (redemption value of voucher for supply of optical appliances) in sub-paragraph (a) for the words from “sight” to the end of the sub-paragraph there are substituted the words–

• “sight–

  1. (i)

     by reason only of the fact that the patient’s contribution exceeded the NHS sight test fee, by the amount by which the patient’s contribution exceeded the lesser of the amounts specified in regulation 7(a) and (b),

  2. (ii)

     in any other case, by the amount of the patient’s contribution;”.