{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-2012/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/515",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendments to the principal Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The principal Regulations are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 19 (redemption value of voucher for replacement or repair)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)(b), for “£52.90” substitute “£54.20”; and\n(b) in paragraph (3), for “£13.70” substitute “£14.00”.\n(3) In Schedule 1 (voucher letter codes and face values – supply and replacement), in column (3) of the table (face value of voucher), for each amount specified in column (1) of the table below substitute the amount specified in relation to it in column (2) of the table below:\n(1)\nOld amount\n(2)\nNew amount\n£36.20\n£37.10\n£55.10\n£56.40\n£80.60\n£82.60\n£182.00\n£186.50\n£62.70\n£64.20\n£79.70\n£81.60\n£103.30\n£105.80\n£200.10\n£205.10\n£186.40\n£191.00\n(4) In Schedule 2 (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances)—\n(a) in paragraph 1(1)(a), for “£11.80” substitute “£12.10”;\n(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b), for “£14.20” substitute “£14.60”;\n(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c), for “£4.00” substitute “£4.10”;\n(d) in paragraph 1(1)(d), for “£4.50” substitute “£4.60”;\n(e) in paragraph 1(1)(e), for “£59.70”, “£52.90”, and “£28.60” substitute “£61.20”, “£54.20” and “£29.30” respectively;\n(f) in paragraph 1(1)(g), for “£59.70” substitute “£61.20”;\n(g) in paragraph 2(a), for “£13.70” substitute “£14.00”; and\n(h) in paragraph 2(b), for “£34.60” substitute “£35.50”.\n(5) In Schedule 3 (voucher values repair), for the Table, substitute —\n“\n(1)\nNature of Repair\n(2)\nLetter of Codes – Values\nA\nB\nC\nD\nE\nF\nG\nH\nI\n£\n£\n£\n£\n£\n£\n£\n£\n£\nRepair or replacement of one lens\n11.55\n21.20\n34.30\n86.25\n25.10\n33.80\n45.90\n95.55\n88.50\nRepair or replacement of two lenses\n23.10\n42.40\n68.60\n172.50\n50.20\n67.60\n91.80\n191.10\n177.00\nRepair or replacement of:\nthe front of a frame\n11.90\n11.90\n11.90\n11.90\n11.90\n11.90\n11.90\n11.90\n11.90\na side of a frame\n7.05\n7.05\n7.05\n7.05\n7.05\n7.05\n7.05\n7.05\n7.05\nthe whole frame\n14.00\n14.00\n14.00\n14.00\n14.00\n14.00\n14.00\n14.00\n14.00\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/515/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:40:16.219654+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."
}