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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1990/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/495",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1990",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1989 (“the principal Regulations”) which provide for payments to be made, by means of a voucher system, in respect of costs incurred by certain categories of persons in connection with the supply and replacement and repair of optical appliances.\nRegulation 3(1)(a) and (c) alters the specification of appliances in respect of which vouchers may be used by redefining the upper limits of the spherical powers and cylindrical powers of appliances to which vouchers with letter codes A and D apply. Regulation 3(1)(b) and (d) clarifies the specification of appliances to which vouchers with letter codes C and F apply. These Regulations also amend Schedules 1 and 3 to the principal Regulations to increase by an average of 4.7 per cent. the value of vouchers issued in respect of the cost of the supply and replacement of optical appliances (regulation 3(2)) and of the repair and replacement of appliances (regulation 3(4) and the Schedule). Regulation 2 makes consequential amendments to regulation 20 of the principal Regulations (redemption value of voucher for replacement or repair). Regulation 3(3) increases the additional values for vouchers in respect of prisms, tints, photochromic lenses and special categories of appliances.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/495/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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