{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1991/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1991/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1680",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1991",
  "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 3 (face value of voucher) for each amount specified in column 1 of the Table below (old amount) there is substituted the amount specified in relation to it in column 2 of that Table (new amount).\nTABLE\nColumn 1 Old Amount\nColumn 2 New Amount\n£19.30\n£19.70\n£30.50\n£31.15\n£48.00\n£49.00\n£37.00\n£37.80\n£61.00\n£52.30\n£102.00 (in both places where it appears)\n£104.20\n£32.15\n£32.80\n(2) 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 “£4.10” there is substituted “£4.20”;\n(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b) (prism – other lens) for “£5.10” there is substituted “£5.20”;\n(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens) for “£2.05” there is substituted “£2.10”;\n(d) in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens) for “£2.55” there is substituted “£2.60”;\n(e) in paragraph 1(1)(e) (small glasses)–\n(i) in sub-head (i) for “£35.20” there is substituted “£36.00”,\n(ii) in sub-head (ii) for “£31.30” there is substituted “£32.00”, and\n(iii) in sub-head (iii) for “£16.90” there is substituted “£17.30”;\n(f) in paragraph 1(1)(f ) (photochromic lenses) for “£2.05” there is substituted “£2.10” and for “£2.55” there is substituted “£2.60”;\n(g) in paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frames) for “£35.20” there is substituted “£36.00”;\n(h) in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment – single vision lenses) for “£3.60” there is substituted “£3.70”; and\n(i) in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment – other lenses) for “£19.25” there is substituted “£19.70”.\n(3) 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",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1680/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:40:54.277695+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}