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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1994/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/131",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1994",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations further amend the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1989, 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, replacement and repair of optical appliances.\nRegulation 2 further amends the definition of “NHS sight test fee” in regulation 1(2) of the 1989 Regulations by increasing by approximately 1⅓% the amount by which entitlement to assistance with the cost of a private sight test, and the value of a voucher towards such cost or towards the supply of glasses or contact lenses, is calculated.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/131/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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