{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1993/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1993/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/418",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1993",
  "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 there is substituted the amount specified in relation to it in column 2 of that Table.\nTABLE\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nOld Amount\nNew Amount\n£ 23.70\n£ 24.40\n£ 37.40\n£ 38.40\n£ 51.00\n£ 52.40\n£100.00\n£102.80\n£ 41.00\n£ 42.10\n£ 54.00\n£ 55.50\n£ 65.00\n£ 66.80\n£110.00 (in both places where it appears)\n£113.00\n£ 35.90\n£ 36.90\n(2) In Schedule 2 to the principle Regulations (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances)—\n(a) in paragraph 1(1)(a) (prism—single vision lens), for “£4.60” there is substituted “£4.70”;\n(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b) (prism—other lens), for “£5.70” there is substituted “£5.90”;\n(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens), for “£2.30” there is substituted “2.40”;\n(d) in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens), for “£2.85” there is substituted “£2.90”;\n(e) in paragraph 1(1)(e) (small glasses)—\n(i) in sub-head (i), for “£39.40” there is substituted “£40.50”,\n(ii) in sub-head (ii), for “£35.00” there is substituted “£36.00”, and\n(iii) in sub-head (iii), for “£18.90” there is substituted “£19.40”;\n(f) in paragraph 1(1)(f) (photochromic lenses), for “£2.30” there is substituted “£2.40” and for “£2.85” there is substituted “£2.90”;\n(g) in paragraph (1)(1)(g) (specially manufactured frames), for “£39.40” there is substituted “£40.50”;\n(h) in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment—single vision lenses), for “£4.00” there is substituted “£4.10”; and\n(i) in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment—other lenses), for “£21.60” there is substituted “£22.20”.\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": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Schedule 1 was substituted by regulation 4 of S.I. 1992/404."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Schedule 3 was last substituted by S.I. 1992/404."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/418/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:04:10.432806+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."
}