{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1990/regulation-3",
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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",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of Schedules to the principal Regulations",
  "text": "(1) In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (voucher letter codes and face values — supply and replacement) in column 1 (type of optical appliance)—\n(a) for paragraph 1 there is substituted the following:—\n“1. Glasses with single vision lenses—\n(a) of a spherical power (plus or minus) not exceeding 6 dioptres; or\n(b) of a spherical power (plus or minus) not exceeding 4 dioptres with a cylindrical power (plus or minus) not exceeding dioptres.”;\n(b) for paragraph 3(c) there is substituted the following:—\n“(c) of a spherical power (plus or minus) not exceeding 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power (plus or minus) exceeding 6 dioptres; or”;\n(c) for paragraph 4 there is substituted the following:—\n“4. Glasses with bifocal lenses—\n(a) of a spherical power (plus or minus) not exceeding 6 dioptres; or\n(b) of a spherical power (plus or minus) not exceeding 4 dioptres with a cylindrical power (plus or minus) not exceeding 2 dioptres.”;\n(d) for paragraph 6(c) there is substituted the following:—\n“(c) of a spherical power (plus or minus) not exceeding 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power (plus or minus) exceeding 6 dioptres; or”.\n(2) In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations in column 3 (face value of voucher) for each amount specified in column 1 of the Table below there shall be substituted the amount specified in relation to it in column 2 of that Table.\nTABLE\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nOld amount\nNew amount\n£17.00\n£18.00\n£28.00\n£28.75\n£46.00\n£47.00\n£32.75\n£34.75\n£58.00\n£59.75\n£98.00 (in both places where it appears)\n£100.00\n£26.50\n£28.85\n(3) In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances)—\n(a) in paragraph 1(1)(a) (prism — single vision lens) for “£3.75” there is substituted “£4.00”;\n(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b) (prism — other lens) for “£4.75” there is substituted “£5.00”;\n(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens) for “£1.90” there is substituted “£2.00”;\n(d) in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens) for “£2.40” there is substituted “£2.50”;\n(e) for paragraph 1(1)(e) (small glasses) there is substituted the following:—\n“(e) in respect of small glasses—\n(i) by £34.50 in the case of supply or replacement of the glasses or repair or replacement of the whole frame,\n(ii) by £30.70 in the case of repair or replacement of the front of the frame, and\n(iii) by £16.60 in the case of repair or replacement of a side of a frame;”\n(f) in paragraph 1(1)(f) (photochromic lenses) for “£1.90” there is substituted “£2.00” and for “£2.40” there is substituted “£2.50”;\n(g) in paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frames) for “£33.00” there is substituted “£34.50”;\n(h) in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment — single vision lenses) for “£3.25” there is substituted “£3.50”; and\n(i) in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment — other cases) for “£18.00” there is substituted “£18.75”.\n(4) For Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (voucher values — repair) there is substituted the Schedule 3 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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