# The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1990, Regulation 3: Amendment of Schedules to the principal Regulations


(1) In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (voucher letter codes and face values — supply and replacement) in column 1 (type of optical appliance)—
(a) for paragraph 1 there is substituted the following:—
“1. Glasses with single vision lenses—
(a) of a spherical power (plus or minus) not exceeding 6 dioptres; or
(b) of a spherical power (plus or minus) not exceeding 4 dioptres with a cylindrical power (plus or minus) not exceeding dioptres.”;
(b) for paragraph 3(c) there is substituted the following:—
“(c) of a spherical power (plus or minus) not exceeding 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power (plus or minus) exceeding 6 dioptres; or”;
(c) for paragraph 4 there is substituted the following:—
“4. Glasses with bifocal lenses—
(a) of a spherical power (plus or minus) not exceeding 6 dioptres; or
(b) of a spherical power (plus or minus) not exceeding 4 dioptres with a cylindrical power (plus or minus) not exceeding 2 dioptres.”;
(d) for paragraph 6(c) there is substituted the following:—
“(c) of a spherical power (plus or minus) not exceeding 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power (plus or minus) exceeding 6 dioptres; or”.
(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.
TABLE
Column 1
Column 2
Old amount
New amount
£17.00
£18.00
£28.00
£28.75
£46.00
£47.00
£32.75
£34.75
£58.00
£59.75
£98.00 (in both places where it appears)
£100.00
£26.50
£28.85
(3) In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances)—
(a) in paragraph 1(1)(a) (prism — single vision lens) for “£3.75” there is substituted “£4.00”;
(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b) (prism — other lens) for “£4.75” there is substituted “£5.00”;
(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens) for “£1.90” there is substituted “£2.00”;
(d) in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens) for “£2.40” there is substituted “£2.50”;
(e) for paragraph 1(1)(e) (small glasses) there is substituted the following:—
“(e) in respect of small glasses—
(i) by £34.50 in the case of supply or replacement of the glasses or repair or replacement of the whole frame,
(ii) by £30.70 in the case of repair or replacement of the front of the frame, and
(iii) by £16.60 in the case of repair or replacement of a side of a frame;”
(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”;
(g) in paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frames) for “£33.00” there is substituted “£34.50”;
(h) in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment — single vision lenses) for “£3.25” there is substituted “£3.50”; and
(i) in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment — other cases) for “£18.00” there is substituted “£18.75”.
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/495/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1990/regulation-3
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